31.12.2017-01.01.2018New Year's tripDiscussing various different ways og celebrating new years even - vi choose the K2 kayak. Early moring on the last day of the year 2017, me and my girlfriend Britta headed south from Sønderborg our destination -Naldmose Camping - on the other side of the island Als. It started with a beutiful morning sky, that after few hours turned into rain. By paddling on the indside of Kegnæs, we saved a lot of energy. When we started paddling in more notherly direction, we had a good tailwind for the last 21km's to Naldmose Camping. It took us 4 hours and 15 minutes, to paddle these 40km, and we were not pushing at all.We had a great New years eve wiht good food and high spirits.

26.08.2017DANISHCHAMPIONSHIP IN OCEAN RACING 2017AFTER various races with some mixed results, it was about time to get things togeather, regarding proper nutrition in race conditions. The weather for the day was quite okay, taken incount that it is the distance between Helsingør and Gilleleje, this time paddled from Gilleleje to Helsingør.The start went of at 11:00 where my main goal was not to push to hard, a strategy that went quite okay - until I got hit by som balance problems - which forced me to paddle closer to the coast line. I reached the coast by Hornbæk harbour, and from there I had to paddle quite close to the coast. My fokus on proper nutrition was stil paying off, so I just kept on pushing the kajak max. Being so close to the shore, I was cut off from the bigger waves, further out in the Øresund Channel, but I got som decent surf at times. Seing my pulse slowly rising, as I progressed towards the finishline, kept me going - even though I did not have a clue - about where the other competitor were, since they were either behind me or further out in the channel.As i came closer to the finishline, I could se som surfski's and a seakayak, that made it possible for me to race all of them, towards the finishline - where I beat all of them and came in as nr.2 in the seakayak class - something I must accept - my balance issues costed me of course, but I take it as something I must work on for next year.

10.-12.03.2017 Malmø in realtimeAfter so many times with MALMØ 24H race on my kalender - Without ever showing up - I now really go all in, toegeather with my girlfriend Britta, working on my/our debut in the Tahe Marine WinDuo K2 kajakken. This weekend we drove to Malmø, to test the track and spot the pause possibilities. Mainly it was all about killing all the guesswork relatet to compete in an unknown ground. We got a really good feel for how we will tackle this race, and the many hours in the kajak, to get the maximum out of our participation. We really look forward to the Malmø24h race, and our expectations for a good result are high.

Even in the hardest of situations - the dried fish never fails

05-09.06.2016 Sweden shore attemp STOPPED !!!

A Fine start to the trip did not last for a long, already on the second day the Searocket kayak began to show water inside of the big room behind the dayhatch. To begin with not so much but it turned out to increase, on the third day I began to notice some water in the front room. Day 2 and 3 were performed in some fierce headwinds, it provided a good shelter to paddle inshore, among all the small islands, but it could of course not always be done. With a wave height of 1m+ and fully loaded kayak, the situation unfortunately was obviously more than the kayak could withstand.On the otherhand - navigation, camp life, nutrition and health - none of these things failed at all. Under "normal" conditions, I could easily without effort, keep my pace goal of 8km+ per hour and with that speed cover 32km+ every 4 hours. I think that my Preparations for the trip, have been good enough, I felt that my energy was sufficient for the task ahead. The camp life gear that I had chosen for the trip, gave only reason for optimism - thanks Friluftsland - this time I took only wool sweaters from KayakCenter.dk as my main inner clothing, they dry very quickly. With around 1100km+ of test paddling in the Searocket kayak, I thought it had been tested enough, and were ready for the task. But with all the weight I had on board on the trip itself - I've probably not tested it with. Plus not testing for such a long time in such a high waves. On the other hand the Searocket kayak handled the situation with high waves and strong headwinds quite well.If I had to choose a kayak again, for a similar project - I would with confident choose a Zegul Searocket kayak (with a hull in order).

Pictures from Sweden

27.05.2016 A lot of GOOD gear on its way to SWEDENFor my trip I needed a lot of new gear, and i a situation like that I relay on my sponsors knowledge in this field. For camping equipment I have - Friluftsland i Lyngby - where the expert Kenneth helped my to find the right tent, bivak, headpillow, binocular, watercarriers and the right food for the trip. It was for me a total luxus, to find everything that I needed in one place. Jeg thankFriluftslandmany times for there support of my trip

20.05.2016NEW sponsors for my tripFor my trip I found out that I was in a need for so much new gear - a new tent - a ball tent that can stand freely on a rock in the Swedish archipelago - without the help of ropes. A bivouac for a quick rest - if I choose not to put up a tent - either during the day or for a quick overnight rest. Freeze-dried food in large quantities, together with various minor things. All this and much more will Friluftsland, assist in providing for my trip. INTEGO the company that I work for, have also decided to join me on my trip with some financial support.

​13.05.2016 Then I reached 1500 kmAt last I have been able to do some longer training pass, before my departure to Sweden. I will put a little more emphasis on some strength training right up to the trip, since I feel that I am already, where I want to be regarding mileage and speed, when I'm paddling 3 and 4 hour passes.

05-07.05.2016 THE Swedish ArchipelagoFinally the possibility for me to learn to know the Swedish Archipelagoarrived, along with some experienced paddlers from Denmark and Sweden. A GOOD mix of nationalities created a pretty good mood the whole trip through. I had seen and learned a lot about Swedish Archipelago paddling. During this trip a lot of very important things fell into place in relation to upcomming my trip Along the Swedish coast - the trip have given me some peace of mind - through the things that I have learned.Thank you very much Søren Østerby and Mikael Svalestrand from Billdal Kayaking Center - for their guidence and planning - plus a lot of thanks to all the other participants - thank you for a very good company.along with some experienced tinge Langgaards rowers from Denmark and Sweden. A GOOD mix of nationalities created a pretty good mood the whole trip through. I had seen and learned a lot about tinge Langgaards rowing, important things fell into place in relation to my trip Around Sweden - it has given some peace of mind - what I have learned. Thank you very much Søren Easterby and Mikael swallows Strand from Billdal Kayaking Center - for their turledelse and planning - all the other participants I thank you for a very good company .

02.05.2016 SEAkayak Course weekendThe month of April provided many hours of training - i also traveled a lot - meet some new people - visited two countries that I've not been in before, Finland and Estonia. A quite ACTIV month on many frontiers - which ended with the first, seakayak weekend course. For me it is a part of being a seakayaker, to introduce the endless possibilities of the seakayak to new interestet. This time it was a group of 10 that took the challenge.

02.05.2016 Seakayak weekend courseThe month of April is over, it gave many kilometers and many hours of training - I also traveled a lot - met new people - came to two countries which I had not been in before, Finland and Estonia. A quite ACTIVE month in many ways, I must say - which then ended with the first, seakayak weekend course in the Sønderborg kayak club. Where I helped to kick off this year's seakayaking lessons - where a team of 10 - was introduced to the seakayak's many options and possibilities.

23.04.2016VOHANDUMARATHONA fantastic adventure - started by flying from Denmark to Helsinki in Finland and from there to Tallin in Estaland, togeather with Kim and Mikkel from Kanobyg in Denmark. The Vohandu race is just 2500km away from my hometown Sønderborg in Denmark.Tahe Outdoors were waiting for us in the small town Riipena. After arriving there we took a look at Tahe's new products and recived the latest news about the furture of the fastest growing kayak company in Europe - for me it was quite interesting.The VOHANDU MARATHON started at 07:00 in the morning the day after - fortunately I had a Zegul Searocket kayak waiting for me - after adjusting it after my preferances - I was ready for the start. Knowing nothing about the river Vohandu, pulling away from the main pack of participants was quite easy, what was more exciting for me was to meet the Vohandu river. Eating up the one bridge after the other, telling one how far you are - and how many km´s there are to the finishline - was quite thrilling. Paddling through rapids, was quite new to me - it was fun - until I hit a rock and in one of them - fortunately the Zegul quality did not giv in, so I was able to continue the race. Paddling a race of this distance, demands a lot of planing - about what to eat, drink and how to use one's power and equipment. The Zegul Searocket kayak standard equipment, being a rudder and a skeg - made it possible to paddle it for some distances - with only the skeg, and me edging it through the corners. This gives me an extra speed, shortening my Longboat Paddle, with 2cm after every 30km also helps alot keeping the paddle cadance. The Nutella propped Tortilla pancakes togeather with Driedfish from Bitafiskur in Iceland and some energy bars, took a perfekt care of my energi need, togetaher with a little bit of water every 30 minutes. Not at anytime during the race did I feel as if I was going cold, at some points I needed to increase water or food intake, but nothing extreme at any point.Finishing the 100km race (for the first time) in a time of 9 hours and 6 minutes, was for great for me, the support of the Tahe Team was great - seeing the wonderful nature of Estonia - from a kayak was a total pleasure. The welcome at the finishline was quite impressive, reciving the Vohandu 2016 medal, for finishing the race - was for me a proof of that I want to participate again next year.....Many thanks to Tahe Outdoors, for making this race possible, for taking such a good care of us paddling for the team.....

23.02.2016BIG NEWS - VÕHANDU MARATONToday I recived an invitation from TAHE OUTDOOR'S via KANOBYG - about participating in the VÕHANDU MARATON in Estonia on the 23th of April ! ! ! It will be more than exciting to take part in this 100km long race, which take place on a river, probably similar to the Tour de Gudenå race - just a bit longer distance. It is not clear right now, which of Tahe's kayak's I will be paddling. This of course means a some changes in my training, but nothing that worries me as it is a long distance race - where I of course will aim for a good placing.I of course send many thanks to Tahe and Kanobyg for this great opportunity.

21.02.2016 Ups and DownsAnother hectic week at work, staying at work for 7 days a week - requires a lot - and it takes a lot to keep all other plans running. My strength training became the biggest loser this time - for the benefit of getting more hours covered in the Searocket kayak. A great 3 hours paddling on Friday "in a between weather changes" moment. Gave a good boost, where I made ​​use of the new URSUIT dry suit, to exploit SKK 's winter paddling rules. Must say that I experience in the most agreeable way, the benefits of sitting in a stable and secure Zegul Searocket kayak, far from shore - and the kayak still delivers the speed that I wanted. During the upcoming week I will paddle a one 5-hour periode. The weather seems NOT to deliver the greatest benefits to this - so it will possibly shown a very real test of what five hours can deliver.

Pictures from my Friday paddling.....

14.02.2016 Icelandic high power ENERGY - BITAFISKURMy trip to Iceland gave some good training's, both in the gym SPORTHUSID and in the swimmingpool. I was training i (for me) a quite a BIG fitness center - I feel quite comfortable to train in City fitness in Sønderborg - but you could probably put all its gear into Sporthusid - without anyone would notice it ! ! !I also visitet one of my most important sponsor GÆDAFISKUR - where I picked up some supplies - that I will be using in the upcomming months. The Dried fish (84% protein) will play a VERY important roll, when I paddle along the Swedish coast during sommer.

29.01.2016 URSUIT a NEW Sponsor !!!I have never been the biggest user of a dry suit - I have not lacked one - but always thought it was a bit "restricting" and "heavy" to have one on, while paddling the way I do. For security reasons I have though always worn one, especially during winter, if I've been paddling far away from the shoreline. Therefore I'm now almost "high " over MY new URSUIT DRYSUIT which I have recived as a joint sponsor from URSUIT, which comes from Finland and my main sponsor KANOBYG. The new drysuit weights in at only 2 kg's and it does not in any way feel "heavy" og "resticting" to have on. It is mainly the comfort, low weight and movability when I'm wearing it on, that makes me OVER EXTREMELY HAPPY - i will therefore like to thank Ursuit og Kanobyg big time.

It's always a must to have the right clothes on ......

26.01.2016 Inspiration - Think like a winnerIt is quite important to stay focused, it's quite important to do the right thing, it is quite important to keep a momentum. Good results do not "just happen" - they require a hard work. But there are many ways of doing things, the importance of doing the right thing is quite large, the opportunity to work incorrectly and waste time - is there all the time.
It is therefore important to look around around, learn from those who have found the way to success - fortunately there are many. One of them is Eskild Ebbesen who have taken medals at Nordic Championships, European Championships, World Championships and the Olympic Games - I'm now reading his story - about the hard work that have created his success. The book "Think like a winner" gives me a great inspiration, while it discirbes so many of the situations, I meet in my own training.
I'm really happy to have got hold of a copy of the book, and have already gotten some ideas and explanations that will benefit me in my preparations for my Sweden tour in the comming summer.

16.01.2016 Hypothermi courseFinally we held a proper hypothermi course in Sønderborg kayak club, the subject has in my opinion and experience from my Open Water days, has until now had a minor priority . The course was organized by doctor Christian Lund, we learned all the basic and important things about cold water. It was a fabulous experience, theoretical and especially practical for most of the participants. Christian showed technicial things that had not been seen before in our club - which of course was a huge profit. The course itself is so neatly organized that it is a pure pleasure, from start to finish and the practical part play's so well up to the theoretical part which gives a great whole picture.

10.01.2016 THESWEDISHBLUE RIBBONI have as this year's first candidate to the Swedish Blue Ribbon - sent my letter of interest to the jury. In stile with the impressive homepage, that takes care of "on going" and earlier attempts, my letter of interest was taken care of swiftly and fast.My plan for take off is placed in the beginning of the month June - now less than six months away - the starting date can, for weather reasons be moved around. The reason I chose June, is that it is the month that has the longest days - something that is very important when it comes to paddling late evenings or nights. I of course start with an ambition of getting a good time, on the 2300km long distance. A good good placeing in the"Hall of fame" is for me one of the things that will enscourage me on the journey.

04.01.2016December status.....Like so many others I use - among other eqipment - ENDOMONDO, to keep track of my workouts. To me it gives a good overview of my activities, the breakdown between paddling, weight training and other fitness activities. Endomondo also provides a good opportunity to follow ones friends activities. If you do a program with heart rate training, Endomondo illustraits in a great way how its going, with good and understandable graphics and statistics. Although there are not so many kayak related " challenges " on Endomondo today - I am quite confident that they soon will start to appear.​

02.01.2016 Happy New 2016Then there came an end to '15 - a year of "waiting" - after my trip around Denmark in 2014, I chose to use 2015, to not to take on any longer trips. The time has been spent on finding the right kayak for my Swedish coast project, which starts in just 6 months. I was also involved in various races where it went as expected - so it became a lot of firsts. It was also a year in which I thanked for the use of the Nordic Kayak Nitro+ surfski - a period where I learned a lot and a period that gave me many good hours on the water. The beloved Arrow Empower "Katla" is now back with my sponsors Kanobyg - replaced with a Zegul Searocket kayak - which was also picked up at Kanobyg - which again have chosen to support my adventurers, something I am very grateful for.One of the highlights was of course my participation in the Moen race - where I borowed a carbon fiber Epic 18x kayak with my good friend Morten Salomonsen from Næstved. The race itself was a pleasure to participate in, not only because of the good weather or the nearly 3-hour improvement I made on record time around the island - but the people in charge of the race, who have during the past years, put so much time and effort in it. In my view, is the Moen race one of the future magnets of this type of ocean racing.Another highlight was to welcome Nenia after her trip around Denmark - the first woman ever solo - quite impressive performance, I must say.​On the whole I did not paddle so many kilometers, not as many as many times before - it was a conscious choice of mine - now in 2016 there comes a year with MANY km. I feel quite ready for the challenges that await, the most important thing is - that I am really looking forward to the challenges that I have waiting.

31.12.2015 DecemberA small summary of the last month, I've paddled a good portion km in the new Searocket Kayak - but not more than planned. Along with paddling my strength training have been prioritized - with some great improvements in strength to follow - something that I can easily be felt while on the water. Stamina has been allowed to lie and rest - and it probably will for a while - as I will continue training, in the same way in the coming months. It spiced things up a bit to be training in Iceland during Christmas - even though it only was weight training.

29.11.2015 A week of SALMONThere are many ways to slim down, some work - some do not - for me it is important to make use of something that works. I have good experience with "THE SLAMON WEEK" it will not fail - as long as you like to eat salmon.
This one is so simple, that it almost should be banned. You eat "only" salmon for 5 days, ie every day starts with a standard breakfast - oatmeal, skyr+muesli or something like that - for the rest of the day you eat, every two hours approximately 80-100gr. of salmon and only SAlmon - you decide what kind. You must drink plenty of water, coffee is not prohibited, but by pm. 19:00 you eat nothing. This time the result was that I came from 101kg . down to a 97kg in a week ! ! !

22.11.2015 On Schedule....Since the first week of the new paddling season, went into being sick when, I came behind with my KM's. The merge with my strength training, did not go as smooth as I had hoped for - so it all became a bit messy. And certainly the start of the new season became quite different to one I had expected. But Now I'm on schedule regarding my KM's - and it feels obviously pretty good - thanks to the many 20km+ trips in the new Zegul Searocket kayak - it has not been any problem at al to reach my goal of 50km's per. week. The weather has also helped a lot, and I'm back to paddling after dark - which is quite necessary - if to retrieve so many KM in a week.

16.11.2015 The first 100km doneAFTER yesterdays 1/2 marathon, ENDOMONDOit suited so well with a " repeat" so it was a premature end to the workday. A totally different route than yesterday's, but I managed to get almost the same time. Today I paddled in a very relaxed pace, but a favorable north - going current in Alssund, made it possible to collect some km with 11km+ per hour. In such a situation, I always take the return journey very close to shore - I had expected much slower time - since I was only collecting som KM's, and not at all focusing on the time.I'm begining to get a better picture of the Zegul Searocket and what it is for a kayak, I am still impressed - even though I have found some improvement possibilities - which I soon will start to work on. There is of course lack of km in waves and bigger winds, so far it has only been to a one very short trip, with the two items on the menu.

10.11.2015 ....finally IT came ! ! !When I finaly had deciced that it should be the Zegul Searocket kayak that I wanted to use for my Sweden project in 2016. It has felt like time stood still - and finally I recived a SMS from my sponsor KANOBYG - "your kayak is here Monday" What waited me was a yellow/black version of the Searocket, one with a carbon hull and fiberglass deck. Despite an abundant winds on the highway it went as expected, quite smoothly to transport it to Sonderborg. Long before I had found out what kayak it should be - I had found the name for it - EMPIRE - the explanation is found in a song from the Icelandic band, Of Monsters and Men. A song about the ocean, and harmonizes in so many ways to my ideas and my thinking while I'm at sea - especially when I'm on longer trips. If everything goes as I expect, this Zegul Searocket will house an empire of records in the future ....

09.11.2015 A SICK startIt did not go as I had hoped, with my start on the new season - My plan was to paddle 50km + pr. week - and after about 2-3 weeks time - I would increase KM's even more. But after my first real paddling trip, last week I got SICK - luckily I'm begining to feel much better. It fits really well with what 's about to happen in this week, where my kayak carrier takes jet another hop into the future. I am really looking forward to meet my sponsor....KANOBYG tomorrow....

23-25.10.2015FANTASTICSURF - CAMPThyborøn created the perfect surroundings, for SURF - CAMP 2015 - the weather was with us, and all of the nearly 30 participants got something to go for. This event was organized by Havkajakken Jutland - a group kayaking enthusiasts, standing completely outside DKF (Danish Cano- and Kayak Association) and DGI (Another Danish seekayak Union) with its union. They have been able to create a very active seakayak society, that keeps the paddle constantly in the water, with tradditional seasonal seakayaksymposiums a Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. Plus a lot of different other event's - Surf -.Camp 2015 - was my first event in this context, but definitely not the last. Havkajakken Jutland have been "importing" world famous kayak "gurus", with regular intervals - the association's facilities is the sea - but association belongs in the Aabenraa municipality - and has been around now for some 5 years.
Being the only person in Surf - Camp 2015, showing up with a rudder on my kayak, and a wing padle to come forward with. I must say that both worked perfectly, as the Longboat wing padle is able to provide a great jerk when you put it right into the wave. Using the rudder to steer with instead of the wing paddle. This equipment combination gave me an optimal opportunity to catch a lot of waves. It was also one of the key elements for me to have a great weekend.
On Saturday we all ate a dinner together, afterwards I gave a lecture about my Tour of Denmark expedition in 2014. As expected I recived many questions during the lecture and afterwards. But there were also many questions about my next big project the Sweden expedition in 2016 - I learned some new people to know, and it was a really nice weekend - and I'm already enrolled SURF -.CAMP 2016 .....

22.10.2015 Surf - CampTo morrow I'm headding for Thyborøn, I will spend the weekend on surfing and playing in the waves. There are 30 people attending, our base will be Thyborøn Camping, our playground the area around Thyborøn. Saturday night I will talk about my trip around Danmark in 2014 - i really look forward in meeting the other participants - and of course start paddling again.

19.10.2015 The last week of my rest from paddling.....At last I have reached my last week without paddling, must admit that I am looking forward to some time at sea. After a few days period where I felt half (and quite) sick - but without stopping attending work - it took a lot of time from my strength training. BUT Like so many times before I experienced, however good progress when I performed a good workout yesterday. What I noticed most was that I have now reached the point where I can go "heavy" with the weights, it feels nice and I consider it a step forward.
In the upcomming weekend I will participate in the Thyborøn to Surf - Camp , according to the weather forecast , it looks to be a windy affair .....

14.10.2015 ...... ZEGUL SEAROCKETAfter a long and vigorous pursuit of the right kayak for my Sweden round trip next year - I managed finally to find the perfect kayak. A kayak that do not put too high demands on balance, a kayak that is born "able" a kayak which is slightly faster than the Arrow Empower kayak.The kayak is Zegul Searocket (5.50x54) a fast expeditions kayak, since my sponsor KANOBYG did not have a demo in there store. I got in touch with Peter from the Nordic sports who owns a Searocket. Peter was willing to lend me his kayak for some testing - so it could not go fast enough to get the kayak on the water.When at sea, the first thing I noticed was sitting comfort, which is top notch - the backrest provides good support - but I'll prefer an adjustable backrest. Similar to the one I had in Empower'en - with an opportunity to tighten up, and provide increased support during the day, there will be a really good chance that I will have a need for that during long days.Despite little wind, there was still little waves to find, among the swells from the ships passing through Øresund.As soon as I put the Longboat paddle into the sea, I could immediately feel how capable the Searocket is and also how well it responds to edging. The 5.5m is no problem to get turned around, beating Epic 18x and Rockpool Taran by far. When it began to go straight ahead I immediately got the feeling of, this kayak WILL swallow kilometers - many kilometers. That is also what Searocket is built for, that's why it is also the kayak I was looking for. Without much effort I could easily keep it at 10km per hour when I was not interrupted - or helped by the wind. The most exciting was to tackle some headwinds, there lies the Searocket really well - without cutting too much in the waves and without going too high in the waves. Both ways offer increased speed and not least comfort, in terms of Searocket not "clapping" as much as the Empower or the Rockpool Taran. Which can be quite tiresome on long days, and is therefore a huge advantage to be without. With the wind right in the nose, I kept a cruising speed of 9km which is pretty good. When I turned and chased the waves I easilly came up around the 12km. By going for it and adding som power the Searocket light up even more speed. In headwind and tailwinds - the rudder and skeg really worked well together - by adding to the Searocket just what we needed all the times, it was a pleasure to experience. Finish is on a high level, as it is for all Zegul kayaks - of course the Searocket.Cargo capacity is 140kg which is somewhat smaller than in Empower, but hatches are large enough and the important day hatch, is located just behind cockpit. Legroom is plentiful and Searocket has a pleasant high foredeck.Speed ​​wise, Searocket in my opinion, is slightly faster than Rockpool Taran and a bit slower than Epic 18x, it has however more stability than the other two. For me it is one of the most important thing, not to go too much on a compromise with stability. Based On all this I choose the Zegul Searocket kayak, rather than the other two.

30.09.2015 Strength - StrengthMy strength training is progressing quite well, during each session I can feel the improvements. The variation from paddling and the time spent in various gyms produce a nice feel, which was the purpose of the break. Although I am not "on the water and in the kayak - everyday life is still enmeshed by kayak. As I have signed up for Surf - Camp in Thyborøn, which takes place during the weekend 23 to 25th of October. Since I have never participated in an envent of this kind, I am really looking forward in participating. The West Coast and especially Thyborøn, is a place quite known to me.Besides Surf - Camp, I will participate in a "major" crossing from Sealand to Jutland or vice versa, which takes place on the 7th of November. The crossing goes from the town Ebeltoft to the town Odden - the weather decides where we start. The first Sunday of November the annual jury meeting of the Red White Ribbon commity - which I'm now a part of - will be held in Roskilde town..... so I'm using my kayak break in the most relaxing way.

﻿﻿﻿﻿24.09.2015﻿﻿﻿﻿ Time for a BREAKAFTER one season where I tried to mix Surfski and seakayak paddling - to something sensibel in both boats . I will now take a break from paddling for some weeks.The " break " will be used as the opening, of the this winters intensive strength training program . My shoulders will get a special treatment, as they proved to be the weakest, link in my Tour of Denmark in the year 2014. With Sweden's blue ribbon comming up, as my biggest project in 2016. Most of my time on the water until then will be spent in a sea kayak, I'm really looking forward to it. Still, I'm looking for the right kayak for the job ......

05.09.2015 Tour De Gudenå 2015 .... with a sudden endOne of the year's high expectations was for me to attend the Tour de Gudenå'en 2015. A race that has always, in my view been quite unique and exciting to participate in. After the changes, that were made two years ago. This was the first time - I tried forces with the new concept. Since I paddled in the Nordic Kayaks Nitro surfski - I was from start among the fast boats. Surprisingly easy I got away from the "pack", together with a portion of some other quick kayaks. After only 5-6km I was comfortably tailing on a wave behind the K2 kayaks and everyting looked quite perfect. But this pleasure came to a sudden end, when I all of a sudden I heard a few "clicks" .... and then there was no longer a rudder on Surfski. The rudder had simply dropped OFF and disappeared in the Gudenå river - this was the end of my participation.The rudder which fell off, was NOT a Nordic Kayaks rudder, but an old rudder that I had mounted speciellt for Tour de Gudenå'en. Therefore, it is only me who can take the blame for this sorry end, to this long-awaited event.As a fan of the race, I of course look through the final results, guessing my final position could have been a reasonable top 10 placing.RESULT's

﻿﻿16-19.08.2015﻿﻿ 4 days in ﻿Swe﻿﻿den﻿﻿After my participation in DM in Ocean Racing, and a cozy evening with local paddlers and an overnight stay in the Kayak Club's fitness room. I woke up early, packed KATLA and headed for Helsingborg, on the opposite side of the Øresund. The Crossing to Sweden in this place is only 6.5km, so I was over there in barely 45 minutes. I have a fair amount of experience regarding the big ferry's, so they gave me no problem at all. The weather was not to complain about, despite a little rain - I knew that the sun - would show up later during the day.
The purpose of my visit to Sweden, was of course to take a look at a small stretch of the Swedish coast - especially in these days, when the wind was blowing at 10m/s from east. I must honestly admit that the trip was a major surprise - and a very valuable lesson was learnt. Despite only paddling a total of 106km, I experienced a lot about the Swedish conditions. The trip give me a completely different picture of paddling in Sweden, regarding what I was expecting.

15.08.2015 Only 11th placeI must admit that my hopes were a bit higher before the race. My lack of time in a waves of this type, and the lack of experience of reading- and exploiting the current correctly, was quite obvious. Something I must learn by going abroad, if I want to be able to compete for some higher placing. But it was a big fun ! ! !

14.08.2015 Helsingør kayakclubTomorrow at 11.00 The Danish Championships in Ocean Racing starts, I will participate in the Surfski class. It's going to be quite windy, so it will be a challenge - I look forward to a great day of racing.﻿

20.-26.07.2015 The SeaKayakPaddlers Summer symposium 2015For the first time I'm participating in the Summer symposium, something that has been close to happen couple of times before. Since the summer symposium was held near Sønderborg, I also got a place in the management group - where I planned tour guides for the tours to be held. I also held a workshop about using wingpagaj for sea kayaking. Which went just fine, there was a nice interest in the wing paddles, and the participants were quite surprised over how effective it really is. For the wingpagaj workshopKanobyg sent there fantastic LONGBOAT wingpaddlesThere were record many pariticipants and I will without a doubt show up again myself in the future.

Symposium pictures......

15.07.2015 This seasons FASTEST handiCap tiMEThe weather was not a super ideal for a good time, but my diet and training efforts, recently gave me a hope for an interesting evening. After my track test where I paddled the 6km long course. I knew where I should place myself. The goal was also to be just below my maximum pulse rate - which at the moment is not all that high. Through The entire distance my pulse was around 170 and there was a nice glide in theNitro+ surfski - 29:29min became my time - the fastest time in this handicap season. ENDOMONDO

30.06.2015 Only 4 days to the circumnavigation of the Island Møn RaceSaturday morgning at 05:00 the Møn Rundt 2015 race starts I have borrowed an Epic 18x Ultra - from my good friend Morten Salomonsen a clubmember of Næstved Kayakclub. Today I borrowed an Epic 18x from Erling Kjær in Soenderborg Kajakclub, to make a four -hour test of this excellent kayak. The test went well and I sniffed to the things I will pay an extra attention to during the race. The weather forecast reports a really good weather, so it will be interesting ... today's four hours gave 10km in average speed which gave me 40km, in a very gentle long distance pace - where I definitely did not go to the steel at any time.ENDOMONDO

16.06.2015 2 x 3 hours in a VERY low gearOne of the things I " struggle a bit with " the pressure - the feels good to press the "lemon" a little too much when things rough - Headwind or countercurrent - This lust usually give me joy and satisfaction in the beginning - but there comes a bill, in the form of fatigue, and in worst cases muscle damage. Both issues are one of the importanst things to be without - especially on longer expeditions or trips.
Today i had the possibility of going for both, when the wind blew up to ++7 m/sec in the area around Kegnæs. Its Always a fine surf out there, and after the surf, you get the finest headwind waves on the way home. As I looked at the good surfing speeds when the nose ofArrow Empower kayakturned toward the south - east. Then in return, I was down at 7km+ per hour on the way home. The whole trip was a delight and showed a great example of what various speeds, could deliver of kilometers with a 3 x 4 hour "timed" paddling.
Another good learning day on the water in the lovely Katla.

11.06.2015 2 x 3 hours "timed" paddlingAfter a really long time away from my paddling "routine" it was time to greet them again. Since I worked a lot on the weekends in the month of June, I took a "Day Off" in the middle of the week. This time it was a Thursday when the weather was absolutely perfect, for a good times at sea. What lies before me now is the race Circumnavigation of the Island Møn, a course where there will be going many kilometers under the keel.
Today my trip went from Sønderborg to Kegnæs, from there to Langballigau in Flensburg Fjord. My objectives were quite simple, to keep a pace of 9km+ per hour. Something that can so easily happen in the Arrow Empower kayak - when it is not so much pack'ed - and the packload sits in the right place. Keeping the speed through the entire trip was no problem, my concentration was - not to paddle with 10km + per hour - and instead keeping a calm 9,2km per hour instead of 9,6-8km per hour.
As always it was a "pure organic" pleasure to visit Langballigau, where I ate lunch and got me a "wundertutte iceream" for a desert. Both things served in a remarkable QUALITY - Langballig is just so much worth a visit, as an extra bonus the 55km which I covered were enough to come up to a 1000km in this season

01.06.2015 A ROCKPOOL TARAN testing in ICELANDONE of the things I had been looking forward to regarding My trip to Iceland, was the opportunity to test a Rockpool Taran kayak. During the summer of 2013, this kayak was used to circumnavigate Iceland - by its ownerGudni Pall Viktorsson. In Britain the Rockpool Taran kayak hold's almost all long distance seakayak records, and is the preferred choice amongst the leaders, in this most interesting part of the kayak sport. Being one of the more beautiful seakayaks theRockpool Taran looks fast hurtig with a length of 5,49m and with of only 52cm - it IS FAST ! ! !The high bow is one of the first things one notices, entering the cockpit was an easy case and seat fit absolutely perfect. Accessing hatches in front and behind the cockpit is very easy and the little hatch in front of the cockpit is one of the most spaceious that I have seen so far. The Taran has the finest glide and with ease I reached 9,5-10km pr. hour, in a conditions free of wind. Later on in my trip I got a small tailwind which gace me a speed of 10-11km and I experienced some great surf potentials. In comparison, I usually paddle the Arrow Empower with speeds of 8-9km per hour. Stability in the Taran is there a plenty of, the kayak responds very nicely on the edging and comfort is high. It was a pure pleasure to paddle the Rockpool Taran and my thoughts and ideas on 5.5m vs. longer kayaks were strengthened even more. Many thanks for the loan of the kayak Gudni and, not least many thanks for the loan of the Epic Wing to Sveinn Axel.

31.05.2015 Surfskiing in ICELANDFor me it was a great experience, getting the chance to paddle in a Surfski in Iceland - I showed up at 08:00 - along with three other guys from the Icelandic kayak club KAJAKHÖLLIN . They have what there is of surfski's in Iceland, I choose to start in a Spirit surfski - a PE ski with a plenty of stability and space. After some time I changed to a Zedtech Dominator XL - a very pleasant surfski, also with plenty of space and stability.
All in all a great trip and many thanks to Olafur and Gunnar for the trip and the time they set off for the experience.ENDOMONDO

30.05.2015 A New KAyAK -ROCKPOOLTARAN! ! !At the moment I'm in Iceland, it has given me the opportunity to meet some of the Icelandic kayakers. It has given me an insight into their water world, the opportunities and challenges they face - Today I met some of the seakayakers.Among them was Gudni Pall, which in the year 2013 circumnavigated Icelandin a Rockpool Taran - since I'm now looking for the right kayak, for my Sweden around 2016 project . I made a deal with Gudni about trying out his kayak - which I will do either tomorrow or on Monday

27.05.2015 Handicap raceAfter a small break from this weekly raca, I chose to attend this evening - the weather did not give the greatest of challenges on the duck pond(Alssund). No major headwind and of course not the biggest of tailwinds - or co-current flow. I managed to stick to my racing plans, which were to keep a speed of 11,4km+ on my way up Alssund, and then 12km ++ after the turn at 3km. It resultet in my best time of the year 30:23 min - it was also the evening's fastest time, one and a half minute ahead of no. 2ENDOMONDO

25.05.2015 MALMØ 24H - NOT this year !During this weekend the 24 hour race in Malmo took place, I had to realize that my training up to the race, was not optimal. So I chose NOT to participate !!! My friends from Næstved attended as planned, two of them paddled 60km, 1 paddled 120km and Morten Salomonsen paddled 186km ! ! ! in his Epic 18x kayak. Very well done by all of you, Morten became the paddler who paddled most km, of all Danish participants and ended up as no. 4 over all ....RESULTs MALMØ 24H

22.05.2015Sønderborg Bay in KatlaA nice roundtrip in Sønderborg Bay, where I was focusing on my shoulder, everything went quite fine in a various types of weather. It made the trip even more fun, that I was paddling in the Zegul Arrow EmpowerENDOMONDO

06.05.2015 Kajaktesting Epic 18xI paddled a small tour in an Epic 18x kayaking, length of 548cm and 55cm wide, which I borrowed from one of Sønderborg Kayak Club's member. The trip was unfortunately interrupted by thunderstorms - so it was not so long . Without a doubt, I could only feel a great stability, speed is also a plenty of. While inserting the paddle it is a wide, but it edged surprisingly well and manouvrebility was quite good to. There will be more km in the Epic 18X - something I look forward to.

04/16/2015 Kajaktesting in GermanyIn my quest for the perfect kayak for Sweden around 2016, I took off to Seekajak Center Schleswig to test a SKIM WAHOO - a fast expeditions kayak - with a length of 5,80m and width of 53,5cm. It was a pleasure to paddle the Wahoo. It delivered quite easily a speed of 9km+ in spite of a head wind of 5-6 m/s and some waves. In a little more relaxed water, an average speed of 10km+ with a very moderate padling effort was no problem. I had not expected the Wahoo to have as responsive steering capabilities as the Zegul Arrow Empower has - and it has not. But There was clearly a lot more speed in the Wahoo kayak compared to Empower. Speed is however not all that matters, and the Empower kayak clearly provides more comfort, and you sit a lot more relaxed in it, and on a long day this has very much to say. I spent quite some time on optimizing the Zegul Arrow Empower kayak. Where weight distribution was crusial to get more speed out of it - I know that this part is completely missing in such a short test. The stability would also upped a bit with 20kg's cargo aboard. There will always be compromises going up in speed, and there are still some kayaks suitable for a fast tour along the coast of Sweden in 2016, which I have not tested yet.....

10.04.2015 Finally I got my pulse UP!!!After quite a long time I have not been able to get my heart rate above 180 beats - but I finally succeeded today - what a celebration. Today's program was pulse - controlled interval training with a high pulse at the end. The heart rate connected interval training, I do in this manner, works in that way. I paddle with a heart rate up to 170+ and keep an average speed of 12km+ per hour and keep paddling until my pulse falls down to 160 beats - then again I go back up to 170+ . This method " icekayak - heart rate training" forces me to "economize" and focus on my technique as much as possible - otherwise I wont get my heart rate down to 160 beats again . This method can of course be carried out at other speeds and hart rates, but if NORDIC KAYAKS NITRO + wants to do 12km per hour - then I see no reason to hold me back! ! !

24.03.20152 month's to Malmø24hOnly 2 month's left until the 24h race in Malmø City, now its time to increase my training effort. Its going great with tech training, I've also been doing some 2 hours trips - without any problems at all. At the moment there are 38 competitors, who have registrered for Malmø 24h many of them comming from Danmark !

12.03.2015500km an jet another good Surfski dayFinally I have reached the first half 1000km, this winter I have not been focusing so much on many km's. But today's 20km (not a sprint) with 11km+ in average in the NITRO+ surfski and during the trip with a speed above 13km pr. hour - it feel's wonderful.....

11.03.2015 A fantastisc day at seaA really nice day with some km and fine approach on my pulse training, it is also progressing well ahead with an improved paddling technic. As something new, I have been asked to be a part of a group that arranges a SEAKAYAK SUMMER CAMP - this time held at Gammelmark camping, barely 10km away from Sønderborg Kayak Club . It will be quite exciting to be a part of the project, and I'm sure that it will open many new doors and opportunities.Number of participants to the 24 hour race in Malmo has now reached 33, and there are constantly new signups. A new kayak race in the Limfjord have just emerged as an exciting opportunity .... also a possibility to race in a longdistance in Germany of 243km ! ! !

15.02.2015 A trip in the waves....To get the mostenjoyment of paddling I often checkout whatSønderborg Bayoffers.Although I alsospend many hours paddling the allwayssmoothwater of Alssund. Making use of the opportunitiesthat type of paddlingoffers, after discovering the endless possibilities of seakayaking, it came clear to me how to become a complete kayaker. But without a doubt Ipreferpaddling inthe open, especiallyona day like this.Wavesupto 1 m inheight andspeedupto18km!!!per hour, just to remind youinArrowEmpower ! ! !The trip toSwedenis now over,itwasreallybeneficialformy trainingand mymotivationgota much-neededboost.I acquiredsome interestingmagazineswhere Ialsovianetworkcoulddeepenmyknowledgeaboutmoderntraining methods.Thereare constantly popping up somenewthingsand oldtheoriesgetnew clothes,I think it'sexciting tofollow whatis happening.In particular is it,thenutritionthat I thinkhas moved most,butalsothe strong focus ontrainingwithout so manytools,but one'sbody weight andmaybea fewdumbbells,isan interestingangleto read about.

11.02.2015 A route check in MalmøOne of the reasons for my taking to Sweden - was ofcourse to get the possibility to checkout the route. That will be used in the 24h race in Malmø taking place in late May this year. There is already 25 people on the list of participants, at the moment most of them comming from Danmark. Of the danish competiors, the majority is still from the Næstved Kajakklub. It was quite valuable for me, to spot some places - where I will be able to take som breaks, without paddling to the start point, where there is a kayakclub's facilities.When you are in Sweden "the homeland of NORDIC KAYAKS" - Is it delightful, to be able to find "nordic kayaks socks" on the shelves in various sport shops.

09.02.20156 DAYS of training in SWEDENToday I took off togeather with my two children Anna(15) and Sævar(16) towards the small Swedish town called LUND, we will be staying in the Hotel Scandic Star - where there is a Gym, svimmingpool and a sauna. Our plan is to train togeather 2 times a day for a week, everybody is looking foreward to the stay and all the traininghours spent togeather.

15.01.2015The First Sleepover Trip in 2015NOW on Saturday I will go on the first "LONG DISTANCE", according to Danish club rules, is it a "long distance" trip if it ecceds 50km's and includes at least one night. This time it's a visit to Dyvig where the German Rowing Club will be my home for the night . The next day we head to Ballebro Inn, where the annual Egg Pancake dining takes place. I have not started so an early before in the winter months, with this kind of trips. But in our " kayak eldorado " there are so many options, that you can keep on for a long time - before they are all emptied - if they ever will be.....

09.01.2015 A NEWSURFSKI! ! !

As one of the leading suppliers in Surfski market , NORDIC KAYAKS have already in the first days of the year 2015. Introduced and added a brand new Surfski , to their already impressive selection of high-end Surf ski 's. This beauty will be awarded to those, who wants to sniff to the fantastic opportunities of the fast growing sport of surfski. The new Surf ski which has been named EXRCIZE is only 5.5m long and 54cm wide - it gives a good stability and with a hatch, the ability to take on smaller tours always will be present. Another new thing from NORDIC KAYAKS, is a newly developed feet operated bailer - something all their 2015 models will be equipped with ! ! ! One must say that a lot of things are happening inside the kayak sport, when you look beyond the old scale of only 5,2m

30.11.2014MALMØ 24 hour RACE ! ! !AT last I will be attending the MALMØ 24H race, a race that I have for a long time been planning on taking part in. On the 23rd of May next year I will be at the starting line, along with all the others. Who are going to paddle from 9:00 am to 09:00 am the following day. This is a race that is growing fast and there usually are people attending from many different nations. I 'm really looking forward, we are already 3 that will be attending from NKC - it will surprise me if we do not get more to go . . . The race takes place in the channels of Malmø City, each lap is 4.3km. Depending on how far you paddle, bronze, silver or gold will be awarded for your effort. Of course anyone can join, and paddle the type of kayak one prefer . You have to keep track of the number of kilometers, and the same is true about ones breaks. It is allowed to have a helper, which only is allowed to assist in the starting area and not out on the route itself . It will be an exciting challenge , and the first big test for my shoulder after the winter.

18.10.2014Breakthrough regarding my BALANCE ! ! !One month ago I was the first kayak paddler in Denmark, to recive a NORDICKAYAKS NITRO surfski - since then I have been struggling a bit with balance. My earlier experiences from similar situations, and some good advices from my sponsor KANOBYG, are the things that have brought me to where I am today regarding the balance. During the last couple of weeks, the main issue have been - getting a good feel and having some comfortable trips in the Nitro surfski. Today tha wind was blowing from south in Sønderborg Bay, this wind direction handed some 50-80cm high side waves at Dybbøl beach. And finally today this was no major problem for me to paddle in. It was a fantastic feeling to be at ease in waves of this size, it is of course just a step in the right direction, and on my way to get to grips with the great Nitro surfski.

13.10.2014 Big improvementFinally, my shoulder is in a big improvement , my trip up the West Coast this summer, took its toll and since then I have been suffering from pain and discomfort in my right shoulder . But lately, I feel a noticeable change in the positive direction . It feels however still as if I should take it easy a bit more. A trip like today elevates my moods noticeably . Today I paddled in an Escape turkayak with a heart rate between 70-80 % of max, it was a strech of 12km according to ENDOMONDOI was paddling with a speed of 10 and 11km+ pr. hour, which I regard as quite fine - especially since I was not feeling any pain at all in my right shoulder.....

01.10.2014 Dryland TrainingSince I'm held up in Aarhus City, in a work related course, then there's not so much activity on the waves in these days. Not all modern surfski and kayak training takes part on water, take a look at this fine video fra Poul Rosenquist - where he demonstrates som good exercises. The great looking NORDIC KAYAKS NITRO surfski in the background, makes the video even BETTER......

29.09.2014 Inspiration in OUTDOOR TRAINING All my life I have sought inspiration in various magazines about my different interests. Still, I'm "hooked" on reading about others who take things a little bit further, by eagerly nurish their passion for sports or some other activities. It makes me therefore even more proud and happy when myself and my passion for kayaking is reading material for others. I have now just received # 03 issue of OUTDOOR TRAINING where you can find a three page article about my Tour of Denmark 2014. IT also personally mean a lot to me, that the article was written under the "inspiration" part of the magasine - that to me is a world-class approval of the things I have going on .....

New era is startet in my kayaklife, today went to Copenhagen with my daughter Anna Jona, where we drove to KANOBYG to pick up a brand new NORDIC KAYAKS NITRO+ surfski. For me it is a big dream that is becoming true, since the first day that I saw these surfski's I have been dreaming about getting my hands on one ! Until today I have noticed that many of the best Surfski paddleres in the Scandinavian countries have switched over to NITRO surfski's from NORDIC KAYAKS. I'm therefor very happy to be following in their footsteps. Once again it is my sponsor KANOBYG who makes it possible for me, to have the best equipment awailable .....

22-24.08.2014Circumnavigating the Island AlsThis weekendI wasa tour guideon aclubtur where we circumnavigated the IslandAls. We startedon Friday at 1700 hours in Sønderborgand paddledagainstVarnæs,22km away it wasthefirst day.So wespent the nighton the mainland,Varnæsdoes havea primitivecamping area,which wasidealfor the purpose.On Saturdaywe started witha small crossing of4km, back to the Island Als,duringthis cross thewindturned90degrees fromsouth towest.Wehadchosento get up early,when the windwas still blowingonly2-3m/sec, this wind change hadno greatsignificance for the troop,butwas more of anexperience for manyofthe participants.Saturdaysubsequently wentreally well forthe group,as wefreequently tooksomebreaks. The dayended upwith a luxuryaccommodationin acourtyard owned by asister ofone of the participants.Sunday wason forehand guessed to be,the tour's tougheststage-which also provedto be correct.Some decided to endedthe tripin Høruphav,where othersfought on andpaddledall the way toSonderborg- which wasquite impressiveinthe stiffheadwindthat characterizedthis otherwisebeautifulday.Allcamehome in one piece, which is alwaysthe most important thing when you areatour guide.

05.06.2014 Danmark Rundt only 2 days !Tomorrow I will drive towards Højer Sluse, where I will stay in my tent until Saturday morgning. The day after I will start paddling around kl. 6 & 7 - there is a high tide between Sylt and Rømø kl. 08:41It is mainly because of the good weather, that I start earlier than planned. During the trip i will write Blog together with live tracking....

Arrow Empower "handicap" race ready

04.06.2014 New best time in the Handicap race ! ! !Improved my "handicap" time down to 32,46min - a small improvement since last time. With this time in the Arrow Empower, l have an average speed of 11,1km ! I paddled with 6kg. in the front of the kayak - it makes all the difference.

28.05.2014 A New best time in the Handicap race ! ! !It was a really a nice evening, with almost no wind and a lot of co-current up Alssund. It gave a really good speed in the one direction and then a comfortable resistance - the other way around. I was extra enthusiastic tonight and put some more weight in the bow, tonight I used a 5 kg's dumbbell, to keep the kayak in a good position during the race. This change helped and I achieved a time of 32.56 min - which I think is well done with so much extra wieght in the Arrow Empower ..... The km's that I got paddled this afternoon, it was enough to comeop on 1800km ......

Despite som "extra" things on deck my Roll went fine...

25.05.2014Passed TheEPP3 test ! ! !It was a glorious day in Arhus, a really nice EPP3 test got passed with a large arrows oppad! Another milestone in my kajaklife is in place. Most of all, I appreciated the good framework which was created around the test. Which provided us (the participants) - with a lot of extra "Tips" and "tricks" to work on improving. Using this test, and the training up to it - has - as I hoped, relly pushed my kayakskills, in the right direction......

18.05.2014 Sønderborg BayToday my trip (32km) went to Sønderborg Bay, where I have the possibility to tackle more open waters. The waves in the area are allways a pleasure to play with. During most of the trip my thoughts went to my upcomming circumnavigating Denmark attempt. I really look forward to start my journey and also to the many days at sea. I'm about to get to grips with what I need and most of it, I will order in this week - some of the new gear have already arrived....

Circumnavigating Danmark

11.05.2014 Just 4 weeks toSTARTNow there are only 4 weeks to the START of my Danmark Rundt attempt nr. 3 - I have picked the 10th of June as a start date. The tight is high between Sylt og Rømø some 15 minutes after midnight this day - so the first part, about 20km+ will take part in a total darkness. My plan is to get a "flying start" and reach Rømø somwhere between 2 or 3 in the night - and then take a little break until it gets brighter. After that I head for Blåvandshug which I will try to reach already on day one. But of course it will be the weather and the wind, that will "lead the way" if it doesn´t look to good - i might all get delayed....

14-16.04.2014Circumnavigating Denmarktest! ! !It
was time to make a test of my LD- shape ( Long Distance - shape ), I have
this season, deliberately chosen to stay away from competition training
with intensive interval- and puls training. My focus has been on more " slo - mo" and longer trips , with the pace
tours of turkayak and Surfski - in between , for the sake of variation .On April 14th I laid out with 22/33km tour. in the finest wind blowing from the north, which means nice and steady headwind on Alssund . This tour was followed by a good night's sleep.The
day after the 15th of April, I started at 7 o'clock when I started out
with 2x16km followed by a pause and then I repeated 2x16km. Now I held one 90min break, where I took protein drink and ate plenty of carbo, in the form of pasta and vegetables. Now , I had just 36km up to 100km - which was the days objective. The whole day the wind blew of some 6-9 m / sec - sometimes there was quite a headwind. If there had not been this fine wind at Alssund , I would have chosen somewhere else to perform this kind of test . The last 36km was actually today's best when I felt plenty of energy and
freshness to the end - if it had been the plan - I could have paddled quite longer
distance .Early morning on April 16 at . 5:00 o'clock, I was back on the water to feel the state of my body - for some 14km - which confirmed that everything was as it should be. I have neither , damage in my hands or underneath my arms. The only thing that may have been close to get damaged is my face - because of the sun . Of
course, the body feels used, but it has also been used ¨ - most important of all -
however is that my body is still fit for fight and ready for more . It
also went well with keeping up my motivation, I slept at home during the nights
between those two days - but I also tend to sleep well in my tent, during expedetions. Nutritionally everything went well, with some fair amount of müslibars, peanuts, protein and plenty of water .All in all a very successful test of 100km !

22-23.03.2014Danish Kayak Federation annual meetingThis weekend I will participate for the 3rd year in a row in the DKF´s annual meeting, I will ba a part of various workshops. Kanobyg will also be there with some of their kayak´s - it will be great to meet all the people that I know from the previus meeting´s and other happenings in the kayak arena. This of course will mean that it will not be so much paddling during this weekend.....

17.03.2014At last I reach 1000km ! ! !At last I have my first 1000km, in this year in place - and there are many to come ! We still have what is left of the fine wind, so I was able to get some very firm headwind paddling. I choose to paddle to Vemmingbund, and on my way back I got, the greatest surf.

16.03.2014At last Wind and Waves....After many days with almost no wind and totally no wind, Denmark got a visti from a storm called "Carl" which lead the way for som steady winds blowing from N-West with a strength of 10m/sek++ A wind like this gives som nive waves and surf, and of course a lot of headwind. I really love this kind of conditions. Battling in these conditions, helps my training so much more, than paddling in a totally flat water. But of course it is a must to have a really good and well balanced "KSP-package" (Kayak-Skills-Power)

06.03.2014Næstved Sports AwardsToday I took the train from Sønderborg towards Næstved, where I was invited
to the Næstved Sports Awards 2013, where Næstved City honors all the danish-, scandinavian-, european- and worldchapions, of the year 2013 in sports. All of these champions, competet for a sportsclub from Næstved City. From
Næstved kayak and canoclub, there was me, Peder Fobian and Tina
Noregren, Peder for his paritcipation in DM in Ocean Racing and Tina for
her participation in the World Championsship in Bagsværdsø last sommer. It was of course quite inspiring, to be anmong all the other 144 champions, that got honored this night.

14.02.2014 Op på 800kmHad a fantastic day on at sea, where I paddled 64km in many different directions and visitet, various destinations. AS always the wonderful Zegul Arrow Empower kayak was the perfect companion on my jouney.

On my way to win the Tour de Gudenå 120km race last year

10.02.2014 Op på 700kmAfter a few days in a row, I picked up some 70km in to my km-account. I have now reached 700km in this season. It´s also quite pleasing to see the km-statistiks for Sønderborg kayakclub come op to 8000km, so early in the season SKK-km statistikken - which is much more than in the previous years.My last to trip have been in the Surfski, which always is so much fun to paddle.Surfski´s are without a doubt going to become a much bigger part of the Danish kayak scene - but it is going SOOOOO SLOWWW. But out of 24 kayak races, presentet by the Danish Kayak Federation in 2014 there are 9 races, where surfski is a part of the program.

Februar måned

02.02.2014 FebruayJanuay has left us, it gave many hours at sea, me and Katla are now topping the km-statistic for individual kayaks. But I have also been quite active in theCity Fitness Gym togeather with my son. But my condition level is still quite far from medium, as interval and puls training, have not been a part of my training efforts. That's why I now will start using the Surfski again, togeather with som lighter kayaks, plus some puls training in the Gym.

The golden moment of the trip TØRFISKEN

18.01.2014 Nearly 4 timer.....Today had we not have the most exciting weather but for a serious kayaker the weather at Club level, is totally utterly subordinate, especially when there has been
put some hours of paddling on the days schedule. We had been promised a bit of wind, but
unfortunately there was only something which looked like 8-10 m/s South
of the Marina. It ensures that the waves are 1 m + and that produces a playground. It became extremely good day, where I got a lot of surf. Along the coast of Dybbøl Hill, I paddled in 1 m++ waves from the side – it was great
fun. I rounded the trip off at the duck pond, where there was a dead
calm water and no wind on the East side. Since I had put the nose up for 3 hours plus on the water. There's has to be a little extra things on the
menu - nothing beats the motivation the Tørfisk (Dryfish 80%+ protein) gives - the trip ended with 3 hours and 36
min. ENDOMONDO link for the tour.It is on a day like this, that I really enjoy, the ability to paddle in both directions - South and North what makes this possible is the wonderful Zegul Arrow Empower, which sweatens my kayak live in so richly.

05.01.2014Jet another year withWWW.ICEKAYAK.COMWhen I started kayaking - I noticed immediately how many opportunities the sport involved . The biggest day in my "kayaking carrier" was the day I started SEAKAYAKING . When
I had decided to challenge the Tour of Denmark in 2011 - it was
clear from the start, that I would need to put a website together . With the help of my good friend Elvar from Iceland, a strategy was laid out - which I still follow today. It has been for many hours in front of the PC and many have contributed with a helping hand. Sometimes I wonder how many stop by every day, every week, every month , and every year.Yesterday
I checked, and looked up how many had visited the site in 2013 - it was amazing to see an attendance figure of 55,014 ( uniqe visitors ) ie , each
visitor count only ONCE every day - among visitors are people from various places in the world. First of all, it served as a motivation for me to keep www.icekayak.com running - it will also do so in the future.

... a great target...

19.12.2013A "NEW" kayak route - 520km of a demanding paddlingAs it becomes more and more visible and known via the Internet, what people around the world, use their kayaks for. IN the N-Jytland, the NORTH SEA KAYAK team up with this development. They have "introduced" the route around the "Nørrejyske Island", and it is laid out on a great looking website, only in danish though.The route is about 520km long, and brings 'one along the most exciting and demanding waters in Denmark. As you must paddle by Hanstholm port, the port of Hirtshals and Skagen (the branch ). The rules used for the effort are the same rules used by the Red White Ribbon ( Tour of Denmark ). This is probably just the beginning of this development here in Denmark - The Red White Band - should in my opinion have a website like this for themselves, it will probably show up one day, but what about..... Around Sealand , Around Funen , Lolland -Falster Around etc - it's enough distances to pick in tiny Denmark.....

17.12.2013 Progress.... how is it goingAswe are alreadyso far into thewinter, I canonly saythat I thinkthings areconstantly moving forward, at averysatisfactorypace.Paddlinghave gone hand in hand withstrength training.The timeI invest in the strength training is very much worth itnot only to build up my strength. ButIhave had the pleasureof trainingwith mysonSævar, andit has been amotivationalfactorfor both of us.Two years ago I strength traineda lot, and eversince then,I have feltas ifthis partwas missing, in my paddling.The manymilesundoubtedly givesa lot, butnot a completewhole package.It isalso quiteobviousifyou look atthe most successfulkayakers. Which always include somekind of strength trainingin their programs, allaccording totoday'smodern trainingphilosophy.It isworth gold,to be onthe right track.....

Den flotte ZEGUL ARROW EMPOWER

08.12.2013 Arrow KayaksbecomesZEGUL ARROW....From the dayI first started padding inthe ArrowEmpower kayak,I feltthat it was somethingvery special aboutthiskayak.Surelythere issomethingout there that comes close. Itwas notthat big of asurprise to me, when Iwas toldsome timeago,whatwasin the pipelines-TaheMarinewould buyArrow Kayaks !!!TheArrowmodels arenow part ofTaheMarine'smoreexclusive,ZEGULkayakprogram.Itwill be interestingto followwhat impactthis will have on theArrowkayak´sin the future. Thefirst 70TaheMarinekayaksare alreadyNOWawailable in mysponsor´s storeKANOBYG

01.12.2013 I have reached 300km !Still the weather is fine and we don't have minus degrees on out thermometers here in Denmark. The kilometers add up on my km-account, but I'm not the only one who is allready past the first 200km in this season. A group of four in getting closer and closer to their first 300km in this season, which startet in the beginning of November.

11/23/2013 3 EMPOWER hours = 29km ! ! !Today we had a really nice weather in southern Jutland, I spent a part of this nice day, like so many others at sea, it turned into 3 hours of fun in ARROW EMPOWER, paddling towards south. From start my pace was rather high, some days have passed without me swinging my paddle. Whether it was the extra " rest days " that I've taken , or the effect of the strength training - I do not know, but my pace was a little higher than usual . Possibly I have had a positive co-current, during the first hour I thought, but 9.5 km in average speed, was quite easy to maintain. So I had to see how it all looked after an hour, then I had turned, and was now heading towards Sønderborg again, but the 9.5 km average speed was still there. It was actually getting faster, the closer I got to Sønderborg, and all of a suddenly I had a speed of 9.6 kilometers in average speed, despite a little bit of headwind ! ! ! It was still no problem to maintain my pace to the finish of these three hours. The end result was 29km in three hours, I was extremely pleased . Of course I pushed, the 29km to 30km, with a little rounding off, of today's otherwise fine performance.I paddled as before with 8kg extra weight in Katla , which in my world is roughly equivalent to the weight I will carry in the kayak, during a short 2-3 day trip.

12.11.2013A nice day in EmpowerDespite a reatively bad weatherforcast delivered by the Danish weather Service (DMI) the Norvegian one YR.NO had a much better offer. With almost no wind at all from 1500, as so many times before, the Norvegians had right. So I started paddling in almost no wind an no rain, the next three hours+ provided 26km, with an ease. The one half of the trip were paddled in darkness, of course I had the neccesary lights at hand, and it was nice to make a start of paddling in darkness - which there probably will be a lot of in the upcoming winter season.Link to a Profile of the trip:http://www.brytonsport.com/mapTrackView?id=4710141

07.11.2013 6 hours in Empower gave 52km....

A day at sea, was about time to have a good start on the new season, which startet the 29. of September. I had sea under my keel at 7:30am, as I paddled away from Sønderborg Kayak Club. The weather should be some smooth westerly winds. Since the main goal of the trip was to stay for 6 hours in the kayak, I paddled to north - which would mean the most peaceful paddling water. I was also interested in keeping a sufficient speed in the kayak during the entire trip. With 10kg. extra weight in the kajak, my goal was to hold an average speed of 9km + per hour during the entire trip. When I turned around after mearly 3 hours, I was up on 25km, and as there was a little more positive wind on my way back. The speed was a bit higher, which gave the extra 2km, for a total of 52km. On the whole this was a very comfortable ride.

In 2013 I WON 3 OUT OF 3 "full house" - and it is not for the first time this happens ! ! !

23.10.2013WINNER of the HANDICAP RACE 2013To night I became the winner of the Handicap race anno 2013, it is the fourth time that I win this title. I have only competet four times, so it is about to become a habit.This fourth time is, jet another a new club record added to my evergrowing record account in Sønderborg kajakklub.Throughout the season, I have only used the Seabird Designs Wave 6.4 PRO surfski. In my eyes a great boat that really in this year have lived up to its name SUPRA - "superior superior"! ! !Early in the season, I came down to a time of 28.36, so it was only if I pulled a decent "max blast" attempt every time, that it was possible to pick up points. For me it made the competition much more interesting and fun. My goal for the season however, was not to win, but on the other hand, to set a new club record - this I did not managed this time, my best time was "only" 28.31 min. But I am however very pleased and proud of my "clean" win. . . . .

09.10.2013 Handicap race for full powerThe Handicap season is coming to its end, we have only two times left. Next week I will be in Iceland, so for me there is only one time left. After last weeks "easy peasy" where I lost a lot of points, it was more than a must to go flat out this time. It went really good, after only 1,6km my puls was 175+ and my pace was quite ok. After the turn I raised my puls to 180-181 and I could see my oponents get closer and closer, in the end I came in as nr. 2 - but picked up a lot of points - plus the absolut fastest time. According to a rule of thumb, one's MAX PULS can be found, by withdrawing ones age from the figure 200, in my case it should be like this 200-46=154 beats pr. min. Tonights puls and speed profile proves that I paddled with the TURBO "on"

06.10.2013 Sick the whole weekendIt was quite hobeless weekend, as I felt sick and not fit at all throughout the whole weekend. So the good weather we had, was not to any use for me. Fortunatelly this periode seems to be over, as I feel much better now.The time I spent on the couch during the weekend, were not only used to heal but also to watch This is Sea 5 - the latest DVD in the series. it allways give me an inspiration, to see others tackle some of the same situations, as I have meet in my own ekspeditions.

23.09.2013 I have reached 3300km and 3 days without paddling ! ! !

During this Weekend, I did something that I have thought about for a long time. I let both Kayak and Surfski, stay in the club for the whole weekend. I thought it would be easy to relax and enjoy being away from the sea. But it was actually not as easy as I had imagined - anyway I think that it has been both good and a needed break for my body. But during this small break, some winter project ideas, came up in my mind - something that I will be thinking about in the upcomming weeks. In this season, I have now paddled 3300km+ and in this weekend I will participate in a club tour to Svendborg, so there will roll some more km in .....

19.09.2013 A New best time in the "Handicap race"

In a fantastic weather and with almost no current in Alssund, I managed to improve my time with 5 sec. and finished the race with a time of 28.31 minutes. I arrived at the turn with an average speed of 12,9km, but after about 4km I started to loose some speed. But a fast final sprint saved the night, and I ended with an average puls 174 - which was quite OK. This time there were many points to collect....

15.09.2013 Finished as nr. 1 in the time of 9:33 hours....

SaturdayWe arrived in a good time in Skanderborg, where we put in the the kayaks for taking a hole on the first stage of 30km which goes to the small village Ry. The weather was quite ok and a little headwind on the starting line was for me not to complain about. On the starting line was a nice bunch of Surfski paddlers from Arendal in Norway - the ones I had been looking forward in meeting. This year I had chosen to start in my Seabird Designs Wave 6.4 PRO We were sent off as planned at . 11.00 - I made a " you go me go" start - where I follow the first , which determines the speed . When the speed droppes for a while, you set in - if you have more speed to offer. This tactic resulted in that I was alone in front after just 1km ! ! ! This lead then only got bigger and bigger over the remaining 29km to Ry - where I led with 9 minutes. Now waited a stage of 17km to Silkeborg , the goal was to expand my lead further . In RY I had an average speed of 11.5 km which I'd fight to preserve. Both objectives were met and , I lost only 0.1 km of my average speed and added some 6min to my lead, which had now reached almost 15min. On Saturday evening we drove to the small town Them, where we had a nice dinner and had to stay overnight in the city's sportshall - along with about 100 + other participants from the race.SundayAs fine as dinner was in Them hall so was also the breakfast. Unfortunately, however, I had hardly slept anything over night. On the way to the loading point in Silkeborg , we drove into a gas station, where I bought chocolate for the break in Langå . The vaitress asked for 65 danish krona, and I typed in 65 - as a pin, but I lacked the next two numbers ! ! ! There are no 6 - or 5 numbers in my PIN - but I was just so tired.So it was quite clear from the start Sunday that I should save effort and paddle as effortlessly as possible towards Randers. We greeted each other me and Norwegians, and compared how tired and used we were after Saturday , all were marked but happy with their times. This time a made a "controlled start" - paddled slightly below the speed that I would like to hold , this resulted in that I was joined a little longer than the day before. Otherwise, it was solo paddling all the way to Tangeværket. That like often before the lake Tange showed teeth and ate my average speed down from 12.7 to 11.8 km / h - but the important thing was that I was not too tired when it was over . Now there came the river system all the way to Randers with a break in Langa . After a really good and profitable break by the Tangeplant and a set of dry clothes , I came fresh into the stage to Langå - the 22km were soon over and my average speed was now up to 12.2 km / h The break in Langå is not long, but long enough to eat a piece of chocolate , drink 2 RedBull´s and 2 cups of coffee , and a little water. The last piece to Randers I paddled in the same pace , so there was not added further to the average speed , I came in with a time of 9:33 hours - which was a lot better than the winning times in many of the other classes, in my own class I had nearly 30min down to nr. 2 ! ! !

I can only be happy with how it went , having such a great helpers during the whole race had really much to say, they were constantly ready with the things I had asked for and it is incredibly important when you are under such a press. Therefore, many thanks to all the helpers .The only thing that did not work for me at the weekend, was rest from Saturday to Sunday . Something that I can clearly see on my pulse profile , where I on Saturday, finshed with an average heart rate of 160 + but on Sunday a pulse of 150 + was not to get close to most of the time! ! ! When I started on Saturday I weighed 94.5 kg - Monday morning 91.5 kg ! ! !

15.09.2013 Finished as no. 1 in 9 hours and 33 min.

14.09.2013NR. 1 After day nr. 1

Everything have been working as planned today, and I have a comfortable lead of about 15 minuttes, over nr. 2

13.09.2013 The Tour de Gudenå race starts tomorrow....!!!

In the morning hours, at eleven o'clock, we will be sent off in the Sea kayak class. It is 47km which we cover tomorrow of the total of 120km, that we must paddle during the next two 2 days. I will again enjoy, the company of some fresh Norwegians, that I expect will paddle in a Surfski. Unfortunately, my strongest rival Michael Ustrup, withdrew from the race at the last minute. For me it was one of the things I had been looking forward to competing against him. In 2011 Michael won over me and I got so a revenge in 2012 so it stands 1:1 between us. We are 15 in my class this year, which is fairly ok, the weather seems to be in a good mood - this time though, I'll not served any strong headwind ....

Ther will come a short briefing, regarding the race tomorrow evening....

09.09.2013 . . . 3100km in this season

I have not been paddling as much in this year, as in the last two years. But I'm making progress, and my times are getting better on some fixed distances and in various tests. It has also been a nice feeling to become, for the second year in a row, the Danish Champion in Ocean Racing 2013. A vital part of this is of course, the great support that I have recived from my sponsors Kanobyg and Seabird Designs, which along with Pro-safe, have been a big part of my success in the kayak sport.Today I was putting some stickers on the WAVE 6,4 PRO Surfski, which I have given the name SUPRA.....

06.09.2013 TDG after only one week

.... circumnavigating Als this sommer

Last year I won the Seakayak class, the two years before that I came in as nr. 2 - like allways I'm really looking forward to participate in this very special race. Even though it is a 120km long race, a good start can be vital. After a fine hour in the waves, that we had on Sønderborg Bay - I decided to train 1km start. I did not managed to get under 4 min, but it was close with an 18km max speed on a flat water and 14,8km as an average speed - I'm not going to complain....

01.09.2013 Pre training 2 weeks before the Tour de Gudenå 2013

...kayaks ready at Skanderborg

We drove away from Sønderborg Kajakklub, Saturday morgning directly to Skanderborg, where part of the group would paddle ca. 30km to the small town Ry. The trip became a bit of an adventure for some of us, because of heavy headvind on the Mossø Lake. Because of this we arrived in Ry after 5 hours !!! We had arranged a place to sleep at Tangesø Paddlingclub, we were alle deeply impressed over their Club facilities and hospitality. We had a nice dinner and went early to bed. On Sunday I paddled from Silkeborg to Tangesø Paddleclub, and I was quite happy with my speed on the Gudenå river. The LakeTange did cost me alot and I ended with only 11.7 km in average speed.

27.08.2013 This weeks Handicap race....

....I hoped for a super time

I had som high hopes for the "handicap race" the weather should have been perfect. But instead of that it was blowing from north west, giving headwind from start. So my hope for a new PB, were ruled out from start. But after only 1150m my one of the lines to my rudder Snapped ! ! ! So the evening came to an end quite quickly, this evening would anyway not have given my som many points. But the positive thing about this is though of course, that now I can repair this and it wont give my any tourbles during the Tour de Gudenå race. Regarding the handicap race I'm STILL LEADING

26.08.2013 Oscar Chalupsky wins The Seamasters 2013

One year ago I participated in a paddling lecture held by the Surski legend and 12x World Champion Oscar Chalupsky - his lecture fortunatly turned my ideas about paddling technic upside down. It will take more time than just one year to get a full benefit from the Chalupsky stile of paddling, and I'm still learning and discovering - BIG improvents. It is therefor so sweet to see the legend beat all the best Surfski paddlers from Europa, and it adds further to my faith in the Chalupsky style of paddling..... Results from Seamasters: http://www.seamasters.se/results.php

25.08.2013 Pretraining to the Tour de Gudenå RACE.

Next weekend we have pretraining to Tour de Gudenå 2013, it is for me quite important to be as ready as possible. I will start paddling from Skanderborg, where the race starts. After that I will try to paddle as much as possible of the actual race route. This year I will compete for Sønderborg Kayakclub.

17.08.2013Danmarksmester i OCEAN RACING 2013 ! ! !

Ocean Racing 2013 - Peter 2., Mig 1. og Janik 3.

After a good nights sleep in one of Kanobyg's Canoes, I was up at 06.00 o'clock and I then drove towards the Kayakclub Krogen in Helsingør. After a short briefing about the race, the participants togeather wiht their boats were driven to, the small village Tisvilleleje. The start went at ten o'clock, and we should paddle from Tisvilleleje towards Helsingør, a distance of 40km. The weather was not to complain about - even though we had some rain to begin with.To my big surprice, my main threatin the race became the Seabird Designs Sport 600, as I experienced BIG problems with the balance in the old Polar Bear ! Even though it is not so many months since I've used it, this was strange, and the whole race became a struggle for me. As I could not use full power and had to accept a pulse of only 140-155 throughout the whole race - which was far from what I had planned. But I came in as nr. 1 in a time of 3.54 hours - and my clubmate from Næstved Kajakklub, Peter Fobian, became second....

11.08.2013 Als Rundt

... everybody loves Empower

It went very well, circumnavigating Als during the weekend. The weather was with us until till this last day where we got some head wind, no wind, waves, rain and sunshine. Today was the trip's biggest challenge, but that is a neccesary part of a trip like this.Our first night was in Nordborg Ro and Kayak Club in Dyvig, where we got a good start on the trip. Our next stop was Blommenslyst, which is a primitive camping area, between Fynshav and Mommark. There we slept without a tent me and my girlfriend Lene, it was supper nice and we got a good night's sleep in the nature. Throughout the trip, people were in a good mood where everyone, got in contact with long distance paddling in the positive way. For some this was the first trip of this kind, but people have been preparing for the 93km long trip and was ready to tackle the challenges with an open mind.This was the third trip of a total of 4, which the SKK Havkajakken stands for in this year, our last trip - is scheduled in late September ..... many thanks from us to all the wonderful people we spent the weekend with.Pictures from the trip:https://plus.google.com/photos/110525464819352955534/albums/5910937915385945713?authkey=CN6W8tmj7p360wE

09-11.08.2013 Als Rundt med SKK Havkajakken

Circumnavigating Als during the weekend ....

During this weekend, I will togeather with my mates in SKK Havkajakken i Sønderborg. Circumnavigate the Island Als, we will use three days for this 85km long trip, and we will have a plenty of time to enjoy each others company. We are about 25 paddlers, from three different kajakclubs, that will participate in the tour. The weather should be fine during the weekend.For me it will be the third time in this season, that I circumnavigate Als, ... and as always I'm looking forward.....

05.08.2013 6km on a 27,31 min - average speed 13.1 km ! ! !

...puls under 150 with a speed of 12,9 km/ pr. hour ! ! !

Today we had some good conditions on Alssund a nice tailwind with almost no waves. I decided to take "a gentle" advantage of the situation on a 6km distance in the WAVE 6.4 PRO Surfski. During the first 5km, I kept my puls under 150 - and first then I charged up to a puls 160 for 500m and then full throttle the last 500m. It it no problem for me to hold a puls 160 over a long period of time so a puls under 150 was a pice of cake - but my speed was really good - and after 5km I had an average speed of a 12,9 km/t a pure joyride. . . .During the last 1000m, a kept a speed of a 14-15km+++ ! ! ! So my time of 27.31min - could have been far belov 27 min, if I had paddled with a puls 160+ during the first 5km - but it was supposed to be "a gentle" use of the situation ! ! !

04.08.2013THE Danish Championship in Ocean Racing....

The finishline at Kronborg Castle

After only two weeks THE Danish Championship in Ocean Racing will take place in N-Sealand. The race Kronborgløbet will host the Championship as last year. But this year the start is in Tisvilleleje, and the finishline lies in Helsingør. I'm really looking forward in participating, and I hope that the group of participants will be bigger this time.

23.07.2013 Als Rundt i Wave 6.4 PRO Surfski

Started early this morning, in a quite foggy conditions for the first 8km, where it finally cleared up. The wind were not going to be of any benefit until Mommark (30km) - luckily it was already on my side, after about almost 25km - and then went quickly up the east coast of Als.I paddled relatively far from the shoreline, as it gave the best waves and speed. During the trip, I used only one set of paddling clothes, as there is not much room for luggage and supplies in a Surfski. During the trip, I stopped 5 times, rolled outside of Kegnaess. Eating worked perfectly throughout the whole trip, but I was very tired, during and after the headwind that waited for me in Alsfjord, but I never went flat and it was most important. Otherwise, it was really positive to paddle around Als in a Surfski - it's probably the first time that it has ever been done. Throughout the trip my legs never slept, the key a right adjustment of the foot pedals. I will not say that I do not feel any soreness in the my butt - not a surprise after a trip of this length.My goal was to improve my record time of 10:15 h, sat in the Polar Bear in the year 2010. It worked out, and I finished at 9:13 hours - an improvement of just over an hour.In my world you do Als Around or similar circumnavigations, by starting your computer / timepiece - you first stop it after approx. 85km when the tour is finished - it is without a doubt the only real time of the trip. My time "in waves" today was only 8:24 hours, but the first is the time which my trip should be noted for - everything else is too easy ....

16-17.07-2013 Als Rundt

... we left Sønderborg around noon. Heading south - on our way around the Island Als, we had choosen the "Linjak" Sønderborg Kayakclub´s K2 seakayak. Weather conditions were quite nice, in the beginning there was tailwind and it went really well, to get forward. After a short break at Kegnes, our first "real" stop was in Mommark. The goal of day one, was to reach approx. half way! Things move fast in a K2, so we stopped for the night between Fynshav and Lavensby Camping, after about 45km of the 85km+ long trip. There we found a natural campsite, which was a perfect fit. After an ok night in the tent, we were on the water again around 9.30, where I after about 1, 5km found out that I had forgotten to close the front compartment. Which was already now filled with water wet tent, sleeping bag and all our loose dry clothes .... ! ! ! ... we paddled with urgency in to the coast where I could empty the front compartment of water. We then went on further without much hassle, 13.15 we were in Ballebro, where we ate "burger dinner" two hours later we were in Sønderborg. A successful 87km "tour of Als" was over - our first in Linjaken. Which could easily carry and be packed with our gear, without any big problems regarding space. We already only have a positive experiences with the Linjak, and this trip only added to that positive account.

16-17.07.2013 Als Rundt

...the next to days is there circumnavigation of the Island Als

11-12.07.2013 3 Crossing and 81 kilometers....

...at the Island Ærø

Thursday after work, I paddled south from Sønderborg, planet was just last week. Get up early Friday morning and gain experience during the day. This time, however with shorter stages, which will probably mostly would be som crossings and collecting several kilometers. My first stop was at Kegnæs, where I put up my tent for the night. I did though not come up so early as planned, so from the start I new that my plans would unfold in full. First, I crossed over to the Ærø, I was there after 23km - kl. 11.15 - after a short stay, I headed against Geltinger Birk in Germany. I came to Germany after the 27km long cross. Now I had only 17km home to Sonderborg. By Geltinger I switched over to a smaller paddle, it seemed to have a good effect. Otherwise, the day was carried out with the thought in my mind "not to press my self" - so this Friday, which probably was about 20km shorter than I had planned. Became an easy Friday, where I did not, at any time feel tired.

04-05.07.2013 Sønderborg - Varnæs - Kolding = 92km ! ! !

After work on Thuesday, I took down to Sønderborg Kajakklub, where I packed the kayak. The first stop was Varnæshoved, which lies some 21km away. The main pupose of this trip, was to find out how it is to paddle the Arrow Empower fylly loaded/packed - it felt quite heavy in the begining - but how "heavy was it, at Arnkil, in the top of Alssund - I started a new Kayaklog who could measure my speed during the last 15km to Varnæshoved. In Alsfjord I got some headwind, on arrival I took a look at the Kayaklog, where I could see the my average speed was 8,6km/t - not bad at all since I was just paddling without pressing myself.After some sleep at the "natural camping-place" I startet packing at kl. 04.15 - one hour later I was in my Kayak ready for a LoNG DAy at Sea. The first goal was the Island Barsø which I reached after 45 minutter, I ate a little bit and keept on paddling. The wind was now from behind with som nice surf waves which created som good speeds. I then came Aarø, and continued to the opening of Haderslevfjord. The wind was a mixed joy, sometimes in my favor and sometimes not. When I reached Koldingfjord, it blew +10m/sek - it was though. I ended up paddling 71km WITHOUT EVER stepping out of the kayak ! ! !It is by far my longest continous trip in a kayak ! ! !During my paddling I discovered a lot of things, such as the importance of being able to reach your food. Which demands that the food is in some practical portions. During my earlier longdistance trips, I have always strived to reach the first 50km of each day. I took off at 05.15 and at 11.15 I had paddled 50km ! ! ! ...It would mean a really short day, if 50km was a goal for a whole day. When I stopped after 71km and just about 9 hours in the kayak, the cloc'k was 14.++ . . . which confirms how good the Arrow Empower is during long distance paddling . . .the whole trip ended with an average speed of 8,1km/tLink to the trip on Kayaklog: http://kayaklog.net/log?id=2772

02.07.2013 A good Weekend....

After a glorious weekend with some heavy wind a lot of paddling in a strong double-digit headwind, something I really like. It Is now time for a little break as the my batteries need recharging. I have by now been testing the Arrow Empower kayak under various conditions, but I still need to test it packed. I start with this phase later in this week - as Thursday and Friday looks fine in terms of the weather, so I will take a small one nights tour - which of course will include a large crossing .....

28.06.2013 Our fantasticpaddlingwater....

Although there is so much summer weather in the cards now, then you will be served a really useful winds, with great waves to follow. Today I rowed back and forth in and out of Sønderborg harbor.There was a wave height of 1m + mixed - with a good wind. According Kayaklog that has been my constant companion when I'm out on the water, came Katla up to 15.7km per hour, it went really well with management through the new rudder, along with propper paddle technique.Like so many times before, impressed Arrow Empower kayak during the really exciting relationship ....

26.06.2013Super Handicap ......

After a tough weekend, I got the bill yesterday, which meant that I did as little as possible, from the time I came home from work and until I went to bed. Therefore, there was enough power in place for today's handicap race, the last one before the summer vacation. There was a lot of wind, so I only paddled one round on the race on the track, before the race, which was enough for laying a basic strategy. The wind blew from the NW so headwind on the way up Alssund, and then there was a fine tailwind on the way back. They were not difficult to obtain the 1000 points that I got tonight, in the Surfski along with the evening's fastest time.Link til resultat: http://www.sonderborgkajakklub.dk/side.asp?Id=80611

24.06.201324 HOURS RESULT =150 / 75 KM

We started as planned, me and my girlfriend Lene at 6 pm, by paddling in the Linjak, the K2 kayak that was sponsored to Sønderborg Kayakclub by Linak A/S last year. We picked up as a start some 30km, which we finished at 9 o'clock pm - I then paddled 20km before midnight.I then took ​​my first break of 45 minutes. When the clock 03:45, I had reached 75km, my goal before the start was 150km, so my plans were quite comfortably intact. So I decided to stop for a break of 3 hours - where I got some sleep. Again I was on the water at. 06:45, I paddled 15km to reach a total of 90km. Then I began to paddle a 7km long "stretch" - it was the stretch that gave the best shelter from the wind. I keept paddling this "stretch" until I reached the planned 150km at 17.30 pmDuring the race, I gatheret a lot of experience regarding a 24 hour paddling, it was also my primary goal for the event. Around lunchtime on Sunday, I had begun to evaluate wher I could, or would finish, since the 150km where very well within reach. When it became clear for me, that my girlfriend Lene, had had it as a goal throughout the whole event, to reach the half of what I was aiming for. So my km-speculation stopped immidiately - and it was super awesome to paddle the last km home with her at. 17.30 pmWe both set club record's and enjoyed the whole event ....

22.-23.06.201324 TIMERS EVENT . . . ! ! !

Sønderborg kajakklub is holding a 24 hours event, as a part of the Club's 75 years anniversery. We start at 18.00 o'clock today Saturday and continue paddling until18.00 o'clock on Sunday. I will of course paddle through the night, and I'm anctious to see how my body reacts on so many hours in the kayak. .....

17.06.2013 44km crossing....

ToDays trip....

Today is Iceland's national day, I was on vacation from work and it should be used wisely. It had a very nice trip in Sønderborg bay, where the trip also reached Germany. There were not many waves today, and it went fine, obtaining a total of 50km - it took just under 6 hours. In the end, I felt more than fine, and I was quite happy with my "capacitet". . .

15.06.2013 Test of div. Seakayaks + setting a time on 4km

...the super elegant Sport 600 full Carbon Edition ! ! !

I arrived at Kanobyg around 11'o'clock, where I could take a look at the most eyecatching Seabird Designs Sport 600 full Carbon - it shurely has "the look". To day I should, paddle a 4km distance on Bagsværd Sø, which i paddle back and forth. It was a bit windy, but I managed to set a time on the 4km of 19. minutes. Kanobyg will challenge people to beat the time, in the Sport 600 - and those who can will recive a special treat from Kanobyg in reward.Since I now was over at Kanobyg, I spendt the rest of the day testing Seabird Designs seakayaks. In the past there have been introduced som new models from Seabird Designs, and there was especially two of them that I wanted to test. First I tried "the new" Inuk, which is a Seabird version of the original Inuk legend. Then I tried the Nordr M kayak which is one of the Seabird kayaks that comes closest to the Arrow Empower. i will in the near future, write about how it all went.While i was paddling back and forth on lake Bagsværd, Kim from Kanobyg put a rubber on the Empower kayak, and I will test it in Øresund, early tomorrow bofore I turn back to Sønderborg again.... tonight I sleep in a Cano, among the many, many kayaks and Cano's who is spread around Kanobyg´s workshop and shop.

05.06.2013 New personal best time in the "Handikap race"

After a long period, where I have been really occupied with many kayak related things. That have not had too much to do with actual training. Then it was a ULTRA SUPER nice feeling to level the Sønderborg Kayak Club's best handkap time ! ! !My only goal for this handicap season, as I've said before, is to set a new fastest time at 6km handicap distance. When my form curve is still so far from the top yet, then this time of 28.36 min, which means an average speed of 12.59 km / h is a good indication of what may be on the way ..... As I have done the whole season.... I paddled in the Seabird Designs WAVE 6.4 PRO Surfski

01-02.06.2013Varde River

We turned up in Esbjerg Paddleclub in a flock of 8 - after a good dinner, the weekend's program was examined in relation of the expected weather forecast. According to the weather we selected a "plan B" solution, which meant paddling down the river Varde. If we made it all the way to Esbjerg Rowing Club again, we would finish with approx. 85-90km! ! !We got a good start on the river Varde, and during the whole trip, we were in the safe hands of the local organizers from Esbjerg Rowing Club - great praise for Karl, Claus and Erik. Including the 8 of us from Sønderborg / Gråsten, there were 9 other participants, who came from different places of the Denmark. It was a really happy bunch of people, who under the tour put their tents up, and during the whole tirp helped each other as best they could. On Sunday we got a decent wind in Ho Bay, which forced ud to make an early stop at Esbjerg Roklubs sommerhouse. It ended with 72km in an Arrow Empower, split over two days - and it still does not feel as I've been sitting in a kayak for two whole days....! ! !

31.05.2013Clubtour this weekend ! ! !

Today we drive to Esbjerg where we will spend our weekend, there are two tour possibilities, the first one is to paddle to the Island Mandø, the second one is the river Varde Å - either way we are looking foreward to a great weekend....

18-20.05.2013 Fantastic weekend with NKC visiting

During this weekended, we were so lucky to have Næstved Kayak Club on avvisit, something that have been planned for a very long time. NKC arrived on Friday and our first paddling was on Saturday, we paddled to Ballebro, where we tasted the "now even more famous" Ballebro Burgers. Saturday night we had ordered a Boar from Detleff's Grill in Guderup ( a small town nearby Sønderborg ) - it worked fine with the Eurovision Song Contest, and the good results for Denmark. On Sunday we paddled to Langballigau in Germany, where there were fish and ice cream on the menu. Monday ended the NKC visit, with a little trip to Kegnæs - those 78km which we paddled togeather is something that we will remember for the great company of those wonderful paddlers from Næstved.Our Southern Jutland paddling venue, was a happy experience for the visitors from Næstved, porpoises impressed diligently in a delicate balance with the varied landscape, and the trip to Germany gave it all an extra kick. We thank you al very much for the good times we had together and look forward to reciprocate the visit.More pictures are on the way .....

15.05.2013 Handicap race with a new seasons best time....

Paddling the Wave 6,4

There was a bit sneaky weather, lightning and thunder with heavy wind and rain also. The race was slightly delayed. Lately I have spent time on the new Arrow Empower it has meant no interval training - and I could truly feel the what was missing tonight. I paddled of course in the Wave 6.4 PRO - which fits very well to all conditions, not least a 6km sprint race as the handicap-race truly is.I kept however a fine speed of 13-14km per hour, and with a quick turnaround, after 3km whichclinched quite well this time. On the way home I lay between 11-12 + km / h which ended up by giving me the season's best time of 29.30 min.However, it is quite clear that the interval must have a secure place in every week's program ....

01.05.2013 My first tryout in the new ARROW EMPOWER! ! !

I drove off early this morning heading to Svenborg - for picking up a brand new Arrow Empower. It went fine to drive back and forth on the highway, and of course I to a look at things in the Nicus Nature Kayak store, in Svendborg.When I came to Sonderborg there was a fine wind and white wave tops, south of the port, so it was easy to choose the first testing spot.What a wave crusher, was my first impression of how the Empower tackled the waves, I came however in a decent speed forward. In fact, faster than I had expected, though there was foam on wavetops, I kept an average speed of 8.5-9.5 km/h - after turning I lay constant in a speed figure of two-digits in the tailwind, max speed was 14.1 km/h. It was a short trip, which really impressed me..... Now I must learn the Empower better to know in the upcoming weeks.

30.04.2013 A big day tomorrow - a NEW KAYAK....

.... what is it for a kayak....

TomorrowI will put in some pictures of aBRAND newKAYAKwhich I'm picking up. I'm of course very excited, it is a world class kayakwith a quite an impressive CV - I hope that my projectswill add to its credits in the future.....

27-28.04.2013 Clubtour to Flensborg

.... departing from Rønshoved

It had a wonderful trip, during the weekend, the weather was perhaps not always as we would have wanted. However, we were free from rain, wind and frost - it was just when the sun did not bother to look at us, that we thought something was missing. All came however well through the trip, and there was laughter and good times in large quantities. We were 12 participants, we had borrowed Flensburgs kayak club's clubhouse, where we stayed overnight. On our way down there we stopped at Ox Islands, and ate lunch, for dinner we got Skibberlabskovs - which was a really good solution for our dinner on Saturday night. Sunday we paddled back up through the Flensburg Fjord, on the German side, until we crossed over to the Ox Island. From there we paddled to Rønshoved, we had a little lunch break as there are some table and benches to sit on there. We eventually came to Gråsten again approx. 13.00, aftera 50km of paddling and fun .....

26.04.2013 On a tour....

Flensburg City

Tomorrow we meet at 08.00,Flens with ourclubmates in Sønderborg kajakklub, to start a two days tour to Flensburg. We drive with our kayakson a trailer down to a small village called Gråsten which lies close to our hometown Sønderborg.From there we paddle towards theOx-islands, where wetake a break and eat.From there we paddle towardsFlensburg kajakclub - where we stay overnight, and paddle back home on Sunday.

20.04.2013 It ended with a 2. place in Neumünster

Neumünster.... demnnn

Before the race started, I had a clear goal, I was going to concentrate on keeping the same pace as a German paddler named Jan Umlauf, something that I thought would be possible. Jan tends to be at the forefront of the race´s in which I have participated. We started next to each other, and it went fine for the first 50-80m - then there came a great turbulence in the water, and I had to begin to struggle with balance. It costed immediatelya distance, between me and the front of about 10-15m - it demanded a lot of effort to close the gap, but I managed. Now I paddled the same pace as the front and we were a group of 4 tur kayakspaddlers with a K2 boat among us. It went ok for me to keep the field's speed and I started to overcome the efforts that I used to close the gap - now I was where I intended to be.Then we come to the first corner, where I came faster through than the others, since I cut the turn shorter. Then there opens an "easy opportunity" for me to place meself in the front of the others ! ! !But unfortunately I made a totally wrong decision, and almost "waited" to come to the back of the bunch ! ! ! Immediately the others accelerated and I sit back in waves and rough water, where I can not reach the speed as the others. A few seconds pass and I come further and further back, now with a gap of 10-15m up to the front - which at this point I didn't have enough energy to close. The remaining of the race the front steadily increased their distance to me - where I paddled alone, and the ones I passed, from the other classes were not of any help.It was really disappointing to finish the race in this way, but it was only myself who made the mistakes that cost me today ....that I will learn fromIt ended with a second place in my age group - but it could have been a little more ....

Pictures from Neumünster....

Link to some more pictures from Neumünster, taken by my son Sævar

19.04.2013 Ready for Neumünster tomorrow...

Neumünster 2011

Today I had a really good training in the Escape kayak that I'm going to use tomorrow. There were som good waves - but since I have earlier spent so many hours in this kayak, it all came to me quickly.It is not supposed to be that windy tomorrow in Neumünster where the race will take place.... looking forward....

17.04.2013 Neumünster on Saturday

Neumünster bymærke

Next Saturday I will compete at the "N-GermanChampionships" which take place for the 10th time in the city of Neumünster. Two years ago I participated in this race - so I'm looking forward. I travel to Neumünster with a photograph - that should provide some pictures from the trip and the race.Tonight we paddled the"handikap race" in Sønderborg Kayakclub - where I finished the night,with the fastest time of30,22 min on the 6km long stretch.

14.04.2013 The "Handicap" season start

Finally, we got started with the weekly "handicap" racing season in Sønderborg Kayak Club, something I've been looking forward to for a very long time. The "handicap" races are always a big helping factor, to feelone's shape, especially when you have other races - or as I have other demanding events on my program.I've been allowed to use theWAVE 6.4 PRO SURFSKI and that I am really happy for - a Surfski has never before been used in Sønderborg in the "handicap" reces. Already the first evening, which was a bit cold and rainy one, I was very pleased with how things went. I had set myself a goal to paddle with a good power, for the first 3km of the total of 6km we paddle during each race.When I returned at the 3km mark, my average speed was 13,0 km / h - since I had not warmed up to this sprint, I chose to paddlewith a less effort back to the finishline, and finished the night off with a time of 31.33 minutes, which is 4% away from my best time from last year. Typically I choose to paddle the"handikap" stretch 2-3 times before the race, to pick up as much info as possibleabout co- and counter currents. I could clearly feel that part missing on Wednesday -since during the 3km back to the finishline.I look forward to the coming Wednesdays at Alssund where we race"Handicap"

02.04.2013 Finally 1000km ! ! !

We are closing in on the spring, in change for the cold weather, less wind and more sun, also provides some opportunities. We are approaching the first competitions and next week starts the "handicap race" in Sønderborg. The basic form must from must from now on be polished with a greater focus on interval training and heart rate. There will still be some longer trips - it is NOT going to be a sprinting season.Today I started with a small speed test in Surfski, it went very well and I am looking forward to giving the Surfski full hammer in the "handicap" races during the summer.

29.03.2013 6 HOUR test! ! !

The weather was not to complainaboutit could have been a little bit warmer. The Plans for the day, where to do 12 hour test, but I decided to shorten that down to 6 hours.Mostly because of my preparation for the day were not as good as they should have been.I was to testing for a first time a new GPS gadget that I recived late yesterday - immediately in the first few meters - my actual speed, flew up and down. So it was impossible to have a clear view of how I was doing. Of course it is been said over and over and I've read it many times, that a person should not take into use some new gadgets in somecrusial situations. This let me lightly down, but the Extremely poor composition of the diet killed my motivation so ... I did end up with 6 hours, it gave me 50km ...It will be fun to do some 12 times with a little bit more warm weather - especially though with better preparation.

25.03.2013 ....then I´m upon 900km...!

Gudni Påll paddling and training in Islandic waters

There has been collected many kilometers in waves in the past, fortunately the summer season just around the corner here in Sønderborg. This will mean many more kilometers in larger waves and more open sea. It has also been really good, to practice self-rescue - that as from now on I do not see it as an event, but more as a part of paddling where challenges lies.Many are now underway with preparations for the upcoming season, the projects are different - the possibilities are endless. One of those who intend to challenge some demanding waters.Is an icelander by the nameGudni Páll Viktorsson - who is making an attempt to paddleAround Iceland - it will be interesting and instructive to follow Gudni's expedition, which starts in early May.

21.03.2013 Kano& Kajak magasinet

Then the Canoe & Kayak magazine(The official magazine of the Danish Cano & Kayak Union) through the mail slot, as expected, the pulse of what is going on in the sport, is the main topic. This time I - myself were among the topicsfor the first time(but not last)time! ! !The reason was an interview with Næstved Canoe and Kayak Club, which has been in a strong growth, in the last two years. As a member of the NKC You can feel the energy that thrives over there when you are visiting. At NKC the start of the new season is on in only two days, on the 23.03.2013 we get the new season started. Already now there are enough projects in the pipeline among the members, of a caliber that will interest not only Canoe & Kayak magazine. . .

17.03.2013 Finally at sea again ! ! !

It has been a long time, a whole week - where I have not been on the water.It was converted on the day with a short trip, in the Surfski, sincewe had wind blowing from south east. It gave some good waves, it gave a fine speed to theWave 6.4 PRO ...

After the trip, I could see from the speed profile from Sports Tracker, that the highest speed was not achieved in the waves - but actually where I had a good wind in the back. There I achieved with 70-80% effort a speed of 15-17km per hour on a 2km long stretch. Where I actually paddled inside the port area and to the kayak club ! ! !

09.03.2013 A short visit to the hospital....

Since I have had a minor surgery at the hospital, all of the training on hold for the next 5 days! ! ! The time will be spent wisely on planning and other internet related kayak interests

01-02.03.2013 Kayak test and lecture in Næstved

...full throttle in the new Scott MV

As always it was great to get to Næstved. The lecture about Thomas Nielsen's Tour of Denmark record - were very instructive. Many things I know from experience gaveme a tickling fingers, to hear ....Many came to test the Seabird Designs kayaks and paddles that Kim from Kanobyg had brought to Næstved. Both kayaks and paddles got a good grade functionally, as well as the quality of both kayaks and paddles.Today on 02.03.2013 there was a journalist from the Canoe and Kayak magazine, which took interview with us. Where the Næstved's club's future visions, attitudes, the nearest projects and the great positivity to the present was discussed - plus myself and other club members' achievements and accomplishments.Link toPictures from myvisit

28.02.2013 Getting ready for Næstved

To night I got som help from my son Sævar, we put some stickers on the Supra.

Getting ready for Næstved....

26.02.2013 Næstved next weekend

Thomas Nielsen with his "selvmade" kajak and pagaj

On Friday I will drive to Zealand, where the first stop is at my sponsor Kanobyg - where we go through the upcoming months. In the afternoon we will both be in Næstved Kayak Club (NKC), Kanobyg and me.Where my good friend Thomas Nielsen lectures on his Tour of Denmark trip in 2012 - where he was the first to complete the journey in less than 20 days! ! ! Kim from Kanobyg will have the newest Seabird kayaks and equipment on display. I look very much forward to both ....It will be a pleasure to meet people from Næstved as I looking forward to meet them at various competitions and events in the coming season. NKC has been a very positive development, in the past. This development and the club's plans for the future will the Danish kayak world hear much more about in the next issue of DKF's canoe & kayak magazine. . . .

21.02.2013 reached 700km....

During the last two days, I have paddled in 50km and now I'm up to 721km in this season. It's hard to hold myself back when I´m finally feeling OK and fresh ! It feels, however always nice to be out on sea and I get some good ideas ! ! !Soon we are at the end of the month Mars, where we here in Denmark, can say goodbye to the official winter season, and the "safety limitations" that are effective during this season.It will be a well-deserved relief to be able to expand my paddling waters towards more demanding and exciting waters.

10.02.2013 A new dimension in my kayaklife ! ! !

After a week where I've been sick - but at work - but then coming home completely destroyed. There have not been the major bright spots, in terms of training - I have though never experienced that this type of sickness destroys that much when it hits at this time of year.Although the week did not perform the major training headlines - there was a BIG bright spot anyway, I have recently renewed my sponsorship agreement with PRO-SAFE, which sells YAK in Denmark.So it was very gratifying to pick up from the post office, a YAK TITAN drysuit and a YAK fleece undersuit ! ! ! Since I have not been so well, it was not until today that I had the opportunity to do some tryout of the fine suit's. What a great piece ro clothes - wonderful feeling of good space in the suit and security - were the thoughts that I paddled around with in my head today. It will be a whole new dimension to have the dry suit to rely on, in early spring when the water is not so hot, and you are training out in the big waves, or making some longer crossing.

02.02.2013 Then I've reached 600km

After a good week where I was on Wedensday was i a active search for high waves and rough conditions. I also got a very reasonable conclusion to the rest of the week. Friday gave a really intensive ergometer training, where Saturday came up with many kilometers.I have recently been bying some Swedish kayak Magazines, where the kayak sport seems to be on a different shelf than in Denmark. In my eyes is the Swedish approaching angle to sport a great portion wider than ours here in Denmark. Fortunately, it is not difficult to learn from our neighbors, if we want to.This week we also got the Danish Kayaking Association's magazine through the mail slot, where there was a testing of theYAK Pursuit paddle jacket that I use on a daily basis.It recived the same character as I have given it - excellently good. It has also in the past, been a pleasure to see a growing use, among my paddling mates of theYAK products.

30.01.2013 Had som good Supra times at sea today

Had some glorious hours on the water today, according to the weather forecast, we should get winds up to some nice force, 17 m / sec, in Sønderborg Bay. I managed to get off work at. 12 o'clock so from there I was on the way out of the expected winds and waves.However, it was not the wind that had been promised, the waves were max 1m high and it was not many of those. I had looked forward to some good surf in the new Wave 6.4 PROI managed to get some "ok" surf. And there was of course a plenty of new things to take into consideration. At one point I began to get some water into the boat which would not go out, my first thought was that I was probably too heavy ! ! ! How light should I really be then to be able to get the most out of the Supra ? ? ? Can there be built something on the sides, to prevent water from entering, was the next thougt. Finally, I noticed that the plug that closes the self lens was sitting in the opening ! ! ! I got the plug out and after a one minute, there was no water in surfski. As I said, I had expected more wind and bigger waves, I reached a max speed of only 13.7 km per hour while 11.5 to 12.5 km was a very easy pace to keep.

27.01.2013 Test of the Race Seat . . .

... the new race seat - not completely monted

This week I have mostly used the kayak ergo meter, I have this week been just on the verge of, getting a cold. There for I have chosen to "flee" inside, personally I'm a big fan of ergometer training.Every time I get started with it, I realize that I use it far too little. . . .Now I have received from my sponsor KANOBYG a "race seat" to the old polar bear - the purpose - the possibility to sit just as high as I probably will in the new Sports 600.It requires more balance to sit higher up - but in return it gives me the opportunity to get more speed in my kayak. Last summer, up to the Tour de Gudenå race, it was my opinion that a race seat gave me 0.5 to 1.0 + km/h more in "standard" pace. Combined with a lower paddle technique, this is the most effective way to paddle my Sport 600. Not at least, it makes a huge difference to be able to use my legs more effectively.Testing of the new "race seat" last friday, provided some promising results, I fired off a rutine of a 10 x 100m+ sprint with paddling with a Cadance of about. 100 pr. minute - it resulted in a most stablespeed of 12.3 to 12.5 km/h. During the test I had a head wind of 3-4 m / s plus a weak counter current in Alssund. Considering that the old polar bear with an ice layer on top and frozen ice inside of it, the bear weighs well over 25kg - so the lighter kayak and easier times are absolute, to look forward to . . . . .

09.01.2013 A new Race seat is on it´s way....

Since I still wait for the new Seabird Designs Sports 600, I know that moving the happy old polar bear - in a position similar to the new boat's is quite helpful. I surprised myself when I sat down in Wave 6.4 PRO Surfski - without a balance problems. In the new Sport 600 I will come to sit "as high as possible" Therefore, it is important to allready now to get "up in height"As so many times before it is valuable to have a good sponsor on the sideline,as Kim from Kanobyg now have sent a race seat towards Sønderborg. It will be exciting and very gratifying to get up i height again. It was one of the big things that made a difference in the Tour de Gudenå race last year that I was using a propper race seat.

06.12.2013 The Wave 6.4 has gotten a name

...from my maiden "SUPRA" tour

It has been a bit of a process to find a name for the new Surfski, there have been many suggestions, possibilities and emotions involved. It has made it a little tricky with, choosing a name, to the Wave 6.4 PRO Surfski the new Sport 600 kayak also has to have a name.Now that those voyages are of quite a different will be used for a partially different types of projects, there have been many things to take into consideration.Since now only the Surski havearrived, I will only publish the name of the surfski. It will carry the name "SUPRA" which is taken from latin.

30.12.2012 SURFSKI THE First TRYOUT

Very happy about the day's result.....

There was quite windy today and therefore a good day to try out the new Surfski. I did not know how much difference in balance there would be between the Sport 600 and Wave 6.4 - so it was very exciting to enter for the first time the surfski. . . . After some adjustment of the pedals, I was readyto paddle... out in the wind. From start it all feelt really good and I had no troubles with balance. I came from start quite easlily around in waves from all sides, the rudder worked very prompt, so I did not touch the pedals too much. After a trip of some 4km I took a little break. Then I paddled some 2km, where I could feel a big difference from the first trip, regarding ease, balance and a feel for the boat. A shortbreak again and then 5km more - where I could really feel how easy it is to row in the Wave 6.4 - although there are headwinds, it has just the most beautiful glide.After only these few kilometers, I already feel thoroughly at home - ready for bigger waves and decent wind.

PICTURES FROM THE TRYOUT

29.12.2012 SURFSKI in DENMARK

The day before our departure to Fuerteventura, I got a call from Kim in KANOBYG where he told me that the Wave 6,4 SurfskithatSEABIRD DESIGNS had offered to provide me with, had already arrived in DENMARK. Therefore after only four hours of sleep (after the journey from Fuerteventura and Denmark) - I was already off again. This was something that I have looked very much forward to. I was more than happyafter we had packed out the Wave 6.4 - what a hull and "look" it has.....It was like always very nice to meet Kim and his father Freddy and we talked about what will happen in 2013, it will be an exciting year! ! !ON the way home I got a green light on storage in Sønderborg Kayak Club, where it will be the first Surfski thatadorns the club'skayakhall.

21-28.12.2012 Fuerteventura.... I LIKE IT

Corralejo harbor and the Island LOBOS in the background

We had a wonderful trip to Fuerteventura, in the town of Corralejo, we found a kayak club where I could borrow a kayak. Although it now was not the most advanced kayak I have paddled in, it was perfectly fine. The Club has some Surfskis K1 and K2 plus an outrigger among several seakayaks. After some paddling in the Corralejo harbor, on the 23rd I was invited to paddling on th 25th, where we should try to row to the island LOBOS. A small island not far from Fuerte.It was quite windy on the 25th, and we were only three who tuned up for the trip - me, Gustio and Eric. It went well paddling in the waves and the wind, we came quick over to Lobos, where there were some decent big waves, I only got some pictures taken ON the way to the Lobos. Unfortunately, my kayak was not very suitable for surfing so it was mostly balance training and of course enjoying the company of the locals and the big waves. It was really nice to meet the friendly people who run the club in Corralejo.

PADDLING IN FUERTEVENTURA

20.12.2012MERRY CHRISTMAS

During Christmas time we travel to the islandFUERTEVENTURA, we travel actually already tomorrow. So there might be not so much activity on my website during Christmas.Our hotel is located in the town of Corralejo, which is the water sports "capital" of the island, it will be possible to rent some kayaks ! ! ! - And get on some tours, it will be interesting and we look very muchforward to the trip.Hope you also have some good days during Christmas time ..... MERRY CHRISTMAS

16.12.2012 400km endelig på km-kontoen

Den nye INUK

I think it took an incredibly long time to get from 300 to 400 km, probably has the frost we have had done its bit. But the weather have not been so bad - but I've also been spending time in the gym - so I have not been lazy.It is also the time of the year where I spend some time looking around, and seeing what others are doing - and what is going on of interesting things in the neighboring countries. There are also things with my sponsor Seabird Designs which have now added an INUK kayak, to its already very impressive kayak portfolio - this kayak measures 550cm in length and 50cm in width, this should be fast enough for most people and "the look" is very much to live with.

25.11.2012 up to 300km - with a great 30km test

the leaders from yesterday

A great weekend is over, actually a good week too. It was a great Saturday yesterday with a 30km test, which perished in the best possible way. With a focus on keeping a speed of10km + per hour throughout the whole test, I chose a path that had mixed conditions. This I managed to do by paddling from Sonderborg to Varnæs, a distance of about 20km. In the begining it were quite ok to hold a speed of 10km+ per hour, but after 12-14km, it was as something got loosened up in my body and I was suddenly more or lesspaddling at a speed of 10.5 km + per hour. The best part was that the speed continued to go futher upwards and I came upon 11.7 km per hour. Throughout the whole test my pulse was never over 75% of max and for the most of the time the pulse was around 65-70% of max.Today I was very excited to feel how yesterday sat in my arms - but my feeling was, that if there had been time for it I would have taken a trip to Kolding. It was at least the thoughts that filled my head, the trip to Kolding, which is 90km is something that I must look forward to in the future.

18.11.2012 up'on 200km+

...the new K2, SEAKAYAK headding toward its new home...

A week with a stable weather like what we recived in this week,could havebeen used in a better way, to obtain more kilometers. Up-to-date training is not any more - just about obtaining "brain dead" back and forth km. It takes a little bit more in todays Denmark, if you want to be able to stand in fornational championship titles.Yesterday I took a trip to Augustenborg, a small village near by Sønderborg, a total distance of 35km with a feeling of an almost organic pleasure the whole way through - good speed from start to end - endurance is "the name of the game" for me these days and in the coming months. This short trip to Augustenborg, was enough for me to reach 200km this season.Today me and my girlfriend Lene took off in the club's new K2 Seakayak, this K2 Seakayak have already proved its potential when it comes to speed. Today we added jet another brik in to its speed potential....

13.11.2012 Vintertraining

Fortunately, we still plus degrees, on the thermometer,I'm aiming for 70-100km pr. week. Of course this can vary slightly and then there's furthermore strength training ! ! !I still have not completely found out how the week will look like and which day I'm doing what. Kettlebells is fixed on Wednesdays. Right now I'm approaching 200km and them I will easly reach in this week.

07.11.2012 Kettlebells

So, I've been to my first kettlebells lesson, with Thierry Sanchez. It was a great experience, there are of course many techniques to learn in the beginning of all new things. I am really looking forward, learning more from Thierry, who is leaving Denmark tomorrow,going to Italy to take part in the World Championship in Kettlebells! ! !There was not only Kettlebells on the program tonight, we were also run through some stations where you should among other things, work with thick ropes - it was no matter what we were doing, the pulse came well into the red zone - and I love that feeling. .....

04.11.2012 The first "new thing"...

I have mentioned it quite a few times, that I will take som new measures in use, in my training for the upcomming season. The first will be me, taking some KETTLEBELLS lessons and training. I feel more than lucky to have here in Sønderborg a World- and Danish Champion in KETTLEBELLS -Thierry Sanchez, who is teaching and training i a nearby fitness center. My focus will of course be on kayak ralated exercises.

30.10.2012 Seasons END

Lene on the last tour of the season....

We are now finally into a new season, and have said goodbye to the 2012 season. It has for me been a little bit "UP and down" season, the Tour of Denmark came to an all to early endin Thyborøn. In return, it went very well with many other things. My competition results have not been to complain about - besides becomming a Danish National champion in Ocean Racing, I won the Copenhagen Seachallenge and the Tour de Gudenå. Both one of the biggest competitions in Denmark.One of the more gratifying things about this season has been the development of Sønderborg kayak club's, new SeaKayaking Department. These positive trends I have shared, with the quite many who have participated in the work and the events we have had up and running.The time we spent together on the water, I and my girlfriend Lene has also been a valuable pleasure - her development and progress has really impressed. It was there for the icing on the cake, when she was the only one in Sønderborg Kayak Club, got TWO trophies at the end of the season ! ! !It has also been a great support to me to be a part of Næstved Kayak Club, where I can always get good advices and guidance from the very experienced and avid sea kayakers in the club. Næstved Kayak Club has in the year 2012, been through a major positive development, where the good mix of seakayaks and Tur-kayakspaddling fall so smoothly into place with each other. Among the members from Næstved Kayakclub, there have been some that have paddled in the 2012 season - The Tour of Denmark in record time, Gotland round, Round Zealand and Funen round. . . . . In addition, the club was well represented in quite many competitions in Denmark and abroad.An important part of my own kajaklife is, to being able to all the time see opportunities for growth and improvement. Allready now I have some "good vibrations" for the upcoming season. Winter time will be spent on something new in my training on land, on water I also have plans for a lot of different things, that also are a bit different than what I've done before.

Season´s ending

24.10.2012 Moving forward...

... my new Sport 600 is on its way

As part of being able to move forward, it may be obvious to look around. I am fascinated by many of the seakayaking projects that have done, here and there in the world and specifically the projects that have succeeded. Tomorrow we are invited to a lecture by Erik B. Jorgensen which among other things has paddled "Around Scandinavia" and also done the Tour around Denmark in wintertime. Where it took him 23 days! ! ! to come up along the West Coast ... Erik will talk about his "Scandinavia" trip.It will be interesting to get to meet him.So far it's just me and Jan Laurids who have done the West Coast in 7 days, which is the shortest time on the distance. Jan paddled in his Seabird Designs H2O and I used my Seabird Designs Sports 600 - Seabird has just updated their website with the beautiful new models, they have on their program see them here: Seabird Designs new kayaks, Surfski and cruises

21.10.2012 No time at sea....

It has been quite strange to hold two paddle-free weeks in a row, something I am not accustomed to. Our dear "moving" have taken much longer time than we expected .... so it's been like a small "mini vacation". Even though it have been quite demanding to move it feels anyway as a pleasant break from paddling.Tomorrow we fortunately will get away with our dear sea kayak group - this is our last common SEA KAYAK EVENING this season. It is now gonetwo weeks since we were on the water, with this exclusive company.It feels a little strange to finish the 2012 season, in this a very casual way compared to what I'm used to. Last year I was in full swing, making my handicap hat-trick come true. And simultaneously, pushing the Sønderborg Kayak Club kilometer record. Both were a demanding projekts going on at the same time, but also very rewarding projekts, not only for the club but also for myself. This year I have so kept me mostly from the handicap competition, and my km is only the two thirds of last year's km.First and foremost, I feel however that I´m now in a huge surplus regarding to next season. Where my goals have been discussed with my sponsors and are mostly in place. In the year 2013 there will not "only" be altered with club records - Denmark's records and Icelandic records - but also WORLD RECORDS ! ! !

06.10.2012A safe first place in Germany

Erste Platz....

It all went quite well in Germany today, we drove away from Sønderborg kayak club early this morning. One hour later we arrived in the German kayak club. We said hello to those we knew and those who knew us, the Germans thought it was good enough, for some to come all the way from Næstved, when they received explanations about where in Denmark Næstved is located. This year there were not as many participants as it used to be, it was probably due to changing autumn vacation periods. In addition, there was some big event running near by, that stole people from this otherwise very nice event.At 1100 hours we recived our start signal, I was already from start far away from those I competed against in the sea kayak class. But I of course found some others to compete against, and after 1.5 km I paddled with a young man from the K1 class. I led the whole race through, and he hung on, so it was up to the last 500m before the finish, where I rowed safely from him and crossed the line with an "about time" of 49 minutes. So it was a secure first place in my class. The weather was not to complain about and those who attended had a really nice day. After the race there were served againste, a very modest payment, sausages, bread, beer, coffee and cakes. This was a really nice day in good surroundings with a really good German atmosphere.

03.10.2012There is a RACE in the upcomming weekend ! ! !

Now this weekend I'll take down to Schleswig i Germany, to participate in the "Schlei Regatta", this is a race that I have won the last two consecutive years. It will be interesting to see how it goes this year. This might also be the last competition in my old polar bear, so there will be fighting for good results. I have now paddled 3700km this season and still there are some fertile weeks left. Lately I have used a great deal of time, looking around on the internet and dream and make plans for the upcoming, winter and the next season. In recent times there have also been a lot of traffic on my website, but I have also popped up here and there though .... recently in Sweden: http://surfskis.blogspot.dk/

20.09.2012The next Three YEARS with SEABIRD DESIGNS! ! !

Golden moments with Seabird

It's been a while since the Tour de Gudenå, a race of 120km came to an end. A Race like this demands a lot of preparation and therfore it takes time to arrive down to "normal" from this level. In my preparations for the Tour de Gudenå race I included many ideas and experience from previous races - experence is to learn from - so it is worth gold. It also produced a good results in the Tour de Gudenå race this year. Now this 2012 season is coming to its end ..... and then what ? ? ? In my head, runs a constant flow of some Kayak plans - and various projects. Therefore, it is for me a great pleasure and, not least a huge advantage, to be able to tell you that my next three years of kayaking will perish in the company of SEABIRD DESIGNS! ! ! I explained to Seabird Designs, my plans for the future and they came up with various additions - from a mixture of ideas from both - we have come up with a plan, that runs over the next three years ! ! ! Our "aggrement" includes various world-class performances / projects - carried out in a world-class Seabird Designs kayak and Surfski ! ! ! At the end of October month Kanobyg in Denmark will recive, a brand new Seabird Designs Sports 600 in a Carbon / Kevlar edition "custom made" for me - made especially with my specific requests for seat, pedals and rudder. Mildly to say I´m enormously anctious, not only for the new kayak, but most of all for the upcomming projects, in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 ! ! !

12.09.2012Three days after the Tour de Gudenå race

Lene my great help before- and under the race

It's now been three days since I won the Tour de Gudenå I have received some congratualtions and praise for my performance this weekend, for them I would like to thank nicely. Some also held a good eye on my preparations, during the weeks leading up to the race, where I made a lot of changes, not only in my Sport 600 kayak, but also tried to change my paddling style. Both parts have in my world a great deal to say in how it went during the weekend. Not at least was it a really big help in headwinds on Saturday, to be free from driving the paddle so high up in the air in the heavy winds we were dealing with. But when you look at the times and results in many of the other classes, my time is a little over ten hours, but is not something to be ashamed of. If it had not been for all the wind on Saturday, I would easily have been done in less than ten hours.As I have promised, here are some pictures of the changes that I have made in my polar bear ....

10.09.2012Tour de Gudenå "the whole story"

Friday Our Tour de Gudenå weekend actually started on Friday night, where we met with our friends from Næstved kayak and canoe club (NKC), in a really nice summer house just outside of Silkeborg. When we got there a BIG surprise awaited us - in NKC people have for a long time ago found out, that a success shall be celebrated in a decent manner. Because my Danish National champion title Morten Salomonsen, had made ​​a fantastic cake that was waiting for us. A surprise I'll never forget ..... a better start of the weekend was not to imagine ..... thank you

...champions cake

SaturdayIt was early up on Saturday morning, fresh after a good night's sleep in a double bed in the summer cottage, after brekfast and checking the weather forecast - we drove to Skanderborg - where we arrived in a good time, we greeted those we knew and simultaneously I took my race dress. The wind was strong blowing from the west as the weather forecast had promised. In my case this was a great advantage on lake Mossø we would get big waves and a strong headwind paddling along the lake and no shelter to find anywhere. In BIG WIND I´M BEST - is something I have often said - so now I had something to live up to.Among my competitors were Michael Ustrup who won the Tour de Gudenå in 2011 - his very beautiful XOR kayak is not one which seems to be easy to deal with. Moreover, Frode Stiansen from Norway met up with 5 of his friends from Arendal Kayak Club who all paddled in a worldclass Surfski's - you could easily say that my old and many times repaired Polar Bear did not provide the greatest benefits, compared to competitors' boats. But polar bear had not turned up alone, now the engine had to prove its worthiness and try to live up to the Danish National champion title ! ! !The start went off at. 11.00 AM - I did not get the best start, but the first 300m of the 120km that we had before us, is not that much, so quickly I had a good overview of my competitors from my location - and efter about 1km I was right behind Michael and on my left side was a strong Norvegian Thomas Hestvold. In the small lakes up to Mossø I felt how strong Michael was in headwinds, soon I could sense and figure out when there would be time to strike. In the last lake, before lake Mossø, Thomas got problems with grass and seaweed in his Surfski´s rudder - then he was gone. We paddled on Michael and I, my new rudder gave no problems when we rowed through areas with much grass. Before lake Mossø we were right after each other and Michael were "allowed" to on into lake Mossø, which featured white wave tops and a fine headwind. After about 1.5 km of the lake I paddled up to Michael and took the lead, now I was properly warmed up to Mossø in windy conditions. The speed we paddled in gave me and my polar bear a good image of how fast I would need to paddle. With a smooth and not too hard pace me and my Polar Bear came farther and farther away from Michael. At the end of Mossø our lead were very satisfying - but we had a problem! ! ! Unfortunately I had not put any spraydeck on the Polar bear who had now taken some of the waves with him - as we paddled through the lake Mossø, plus there are always some water in the back room. There was only one thing to do - make a quick stop and empty the bear of as much water as possible. Such a stop does not take a long time, and we quickly got even more fresh on the water again.At the end of this first stage of 30km in which ended in the small town Ry, we had 3.30 min in lead on Michael - and now waited the lake Juhl and 17km to Silkeborg.After a great break and not least a first class assistance from my girlfriend Lene who was my helper on this day. I paddled fresh towards Silkeborg - as I had expected lake Juhl and the other small lakes, were dressed up with white wave tops and strong headwind and a powerful windgusts. As these type of environments were becoming our favorite dish, I brought my polar bear happily through what was served to us - and although we sometimes went heavily down in speed - we managed to increase our lead down to Michael and now also Thomas Hestvold, who had cought up with Michael - to a additionally 2.30 minutes. It was a lovely and well-deserved feeling to lead, after the first day with 6 minutes ! ! !We arrived at the summer cottage in high spirits, where there awaited us a fantastic meal made by Thomas Nielsen for the entire Næstved flock. There was a review of the days happenings and we looked at the day's results, planed for the day after, etc. Now it was all about catching a good nights rest to be able to get up fresh early next morning.

SundayAfter a really good night's sleep in our double bed - we had breakfast in place and soon we were in Silkeborg, we put the kayaks in early enough, so we had ample time to warmup. Now it was important to keep my head cool and not make any mistakes - Thomas and Michael quickly got off at the beginning, I followed in my polar bear. The first stage on Sunday is 33km and ends in Tangesø when we arrived there, it was only the two of us me and Michael - it turned out that Thomas had again had gras in its rudder and could therefore not keep up with our pace. When I came to Tangeenergiplant, Morten Salomonsen waited onme to help, and he helped me to get enough to eat and drink and not least carry my Polar Bear to the right places.From Tangeenergiplant to Langå we paddled to geather, me and Michael, we started actually paddling togeather in the lake Tangesø. We switch to pull each other alternately for 5 minutes at a time. This cooperation kept we running all the way to Randers. This was a great benefit for both of us and we got better and better at it - thank you for this part of the race Michael - this I learned a lot from. For me it was the stage from Tangeenergiplant to Langå at 22km who was the hardest, it was a big helping factor that my girlfriend Lene were waiting for me there. I was therefore very glad to finally get to Langå - now there were only 14km left to Randers and the trip to Randers went really well, and I felt re-energized after my stop with Lene in Langå.When we approached the finish line, there was a large crowd from Næstved Kayak Club at the water's edge that was cheering me all they could - with their help I beat Michael in the final sprínt to the finishline, with a half a boats length - thanks again to my club mates from Næstved, it was yet another a great positive addition to this weekend. It was then the coolest feeling to enjoy the view from the top of on the podium .....On the way home we stopped at a gastank, where everyone from Næstved Kayak Club ate a decent meal together and reflected on a very successful weekend.

A good company

09.09.2012It went SUPER GREAT in the Tour de Gudenå 2012 race

A great view from the top....

I came in as number ONE .... the full story will arrrive to morrow.... we are just back home ....and now we will celebrate....

08.09.2012The Tour de Gudenå RACE is going GREAT

Then the Tour de Gudenå raec got fired away today again, my start was not so good a little tumbling and bumlen. On the other hand, I had a fine view of the competition, it actually gave me an advantage - which I did a proper use of no the lake Mossø - after about 1.5 km of the lake I took the lead. At the end of the approx. 8km long lake, I had a fine edge down to No. 2 After the stage we stop in the small willage Ry where I lead the race with 3.30 min! ! ! Now there was only 17km left to Silkeborg, where I rowed up to to what I had lefti in my arms. I finished as the first man in Silkeborg and now I lead had grown to almost 6 minutes ! ! !

05.09.2012Upon 3400km

... a quite able kayak

Today I was able to test, the changes I got in place yesterday - furthermore I got an extra idea today which also came to embellish everything else that I have made of improvements to the polar bear. It is though not only the changes on the boat - I also work continuously during all my paddling, with what I learned from Oscar Chalupsky. There will certainly be no different for me than any other, it will take time to get it incorporated to have the full benefit of Oscar's way of doing things. Two weeks ago I rowed with the "handicap race" tonight there were quite similar weather conditions, therefore I attended in the Polar Bear in almost the same shape it was in two weeks ago. So tonight I could not use my legs, and did not have the same opportunities to put the paddle in the water. That way, I could measure the effectiveness of "changed" paddle technique - my time was a lot better, and I finished the 6km in a time of 30.58 minutes - an average speed of 11,6 km / h and max speed on the last 300m of 13,7 km / h Tonight's "Handikap" result: http://www.sonderborgkajakklub.dk/side.asp?Id=80611 I have no doubt in my mind that if I had used all the changes I've made to the polar bear, now here in the past, I would have been under 30 minutes tonight ! ! ! I look forward to continue working with my new paddling technique and especially with the changes that I have made on the polar bear - and to have them tested trough the "Handikap" races .....I have now paddled 3400km in this season.........

04.09.20124 DAYS TO THE TOUR de GUDENÅ RACE

We got closer and closer, it IS really exciting - in the Sea Kayak class we are 18 attending. Where there are coming 6 fresh Surfski paddlers from Norway ! ! ! Last year we had Frode Stiansen, he promised to take some of his friends with him next year, he has lived up to his promise and now Norway covers, a one third of the field. Today I got in place the last couple of things that I had to built into my Polar Bear, now I have 3 days to test the latest aditions. The Weather for the weekend is not to complain about and I am really looking forward to the 120km long race.List of participants: http://www.tourdegudenaa.dk/resources/1/filer%202012/Lobsliste%20020912.pdf

29.08.201212x World Champion in Surfski

Oscar on his way to the finishingline in the Molokai race

A unique opportunity arose last week when I was in the Tour de Gudenå pre-training. An invitation to a lecture/clinic with a 12x world champion in Surfski racing - Oscar Chalupsky held in Skovshoved port. It took a while for me to get there and back home, it was probably only Oscar and myself who travelled farther than 100km to get there.What a gift it was to be able to hear your thoughts and ideas, regarding this sport being recognized by someone who is 12x world champion. The thing which follows the urge to achieve good results in sports, have a common thread, no matter what sport you're talking about. Oscar's way to train and his understanding to convey his thoughts and experiences are at a really high level, so are his results.This is why there are many things to learn from someone like Oscar.The Big O.... he is 12x world champion ..... but we also had Thor Nielsen, former coach of the national kayakteam of Denmark, which nodded pleased indeed .... to what Oscar explained and talked about.For me it was an a revelation and what Oscar told us about is going to change so many tings for me.... in the future

27.08.201280km training on the river Gudenå

At lake Silkebeorg Sønday morning...

It went very well with training in the weekend, got tested some of the things I take with me as a improvements of the boat to the race this year. I also found that some things need to be improved, it was a fine speed in the boat and I rowed faster than during the race last year. So if the weather does not cause problems during the race, a time well under 10 hours is a realistic possibility. Otherwise, it was a really nice weekend where we were 14 paddlers that took part in the tour. All had rowed a lot more than they had expected, when we came back home again. As an example paddled my girlfriend Lene 39km yesterday while I paddled only 33km - yes it goes well with Lene, now she is approved as a winter paddler, via the 600km she have paddled.

24.08.2012Tour de Gudenå pre-training weekend

Jet another battle is waiting for my Polar Bear

Now this weekend I'm "pre" training for the Tour de Gudenå race which will be held in two weeks time. I have participated in TDG 2 times, where I have been No. 2 both times. It goes without saying that there is room for improvement .... this weekend I will therefore concentrate on find ing a way to a slightly better result. Because of this I have made a huge improvement on my "old" polar bear, an improvement who immediately increased my "march" speed with 0.5 to 0.7 km per hour. In a race of 120km one could probably settle for less and still be satisfied and happy. However, I have been on the trail of several things that clearly can improve the speed of the "old" bear - some of these things will be tested over the weekend. Then I have two weeks to put these improvement to work and fine tune the details, before the race kicks off.

16.08.2012 Danish Champion in Ocean Racing 2012 ! ! !

My and Seabird - in a Golden moment

We took off from Sonderborg at 5.30 this morning, it went fine finding the kayakclub Krogen in Elsinore. The club who was founded in 1937 hosted the DM alnogside of its famous Kronborgrace. We were sent off at. 11.00am and there was a tailwind and positive cocurrent the first 18km, where we then went around a boat and paddled back, but now dealing with counter current and a headwind. It went fairly ok and I was able to keep up a good speed throughout the entire course. Either I was the one who chased the front Tour boats or they chased me. I finally came in as the first sea kayak, 38 minutes in front of No. 2 ! ! ! The Seabird Designs Sport 600 boat which I paddled during the race, I borrowed with Morten Salomonsen, from Næstved Kayak Club. This is a carbon / fiberglass version of my polar bear, a lot lighter, stiffer with much more speed - a fantastisk kajak - many thanks for the loan Morten. Another one from Næstved, Peter Fobian drove the boat to the race and him, I would of course also like to thanks a lot.

16.08.2012Ocean Racing this weekend

Ocean Racing....

This weekend will be hosting the first Danish Championship in Ocean Racing, the race is to be held in North Sealand, in the town called Helsingør (Elsinore). The distance this time is only 36km and consists of a 2 x 18km long stretch, that is paddled along the coastline. I am wildly looking forward to attend the race. To make it even more exciting I will attend the race in a carbon fiber version of my Polar Bear. One of my club mates from Næstved Kayakclub has just bought himself a Seabird Designs Sport 600 - unfortunately he has no time to attend the race himself. As it stands now, there will initially be a breeze to approx. 3 m / sec in the begining of the race. During the race the wind is supposed to go up to 7 m / sec - it will be interesting to participate especially when this is the first time a Ocean Racing championship is held in Denmark.

12.08.2012Third place in the Thurø RACE

The kajaksport is for EVERYONE....

It was a third place - surfski and kayak were assembled in a class ..... so it was impossible for me to keep their pace (this time). But I finished as the first Seakayak, which of course was my No. 1 objective before start. All were sent off in the same time, which gave a thrilling challenges on the start line - but I got a good start and continued to push me throughout the race. The form should be tested for next weekend and theThurø RACE gave a very constructive picture of where I stand. On the whole this was a really good day, the weather showed its most beautiful sides and the race perished in the best manner. I went to Thurø RACE with Kjeld Kleffel from Sønderborg Kayak Club, which crossed the finishline close to a third place in its class - a great result for one who first sat down in a kayak, a year ago! ! ! Yes you can if you want ....

02.08.2012Als Rundt i Weekenden

The red spot is the Island Als

So we take the last change of making a small trip, before the contest takes upper hand in the kayak sport. Now this weekend we are going to paddle around the island we live on Als - it's about 85km and we will start tomorrow Friday and end on Sunday. I signed up today for the around Thurø race today, the race will take place next weekend. The race is 20km held in a exciting and challenging waters. This is the first of 4 races I have plans to participate in - in what is left of this season. I'm looking foreward to the race and of course I will compete in the Sea Kayak class ....

22.07.2012Germany - Kappeln - Schlien

SCHLEI....

We had a really nice trip to Schlien in Germany, for us it was a journey of discovery - we came in contact with a fantastic paddling waters. The environment suited us perfectly, the only thing that was not top notch - the weather ! ! ! The first day we had no rain but we were so close to the Baltic Sea that the wind gave us some problems. The day after we moved to another camping place, where we paddled farther towards Schleswig. Along the way it started to rain - the rain kept pooring in until the next morning, once during the night we woke up because the rain stopped for a short period. When the rain started again, it was with the addition of lightning and thunder - it put an end to our trip. But surely we will explore "Schlei" more in the future. We got acquired / consumed some important information about the area - which will benefit us in the future.

13.07.2012Det RødHvideBånd

My disaster DK Rundt anno 2012

My attempt to paddle the Tour of Denmark in a record time - in the year 2012 ended as we know, not in the most sensible way. Although I after three days had reached quite far, it all came to an abrupt end. I will get around Denmark in a record time one day - no doubt about that. At present, there are a lot of people who have started their attempts to paddle the Tour of Denmark. As known, Thomas Steen Nielsen completed his attempt last week - his full report about the trip and his experiences are underways, but his blog page, as it stands - is here http://thomassteennielsen.blogspot.dk/ One of them who is paddling is Søren Østerby - which also has a blog page http://haderslevhavkajaknet.blogspot.dk/ Two fresh guys form Kalundborg Ro and Kayak Club is also in progress, they use their club's website as evidence of their whereabouts. They show a lot of great pictures of the places you paddle through during the tour - "their" website http://www.kalundborgroklub.dk/news.php?readmore=378 One who have just taken off is Jonas Hammer, he has a Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/groups/426409220715832/ Good luck to all of you that are underway, including those that may not be mentioned here - enjoy the ride and I hope you come around the kingdom. One of them who also is paddling these days is Karsten Paarup - Karsten have finished the Tour of Denmark - so he has "moved on"! ! ! This time it is another kingdom which shall be conquered - Norway stands for battle - Karstens travel can be watched at his site https://sites.google.com/site/norgerundt2012/home What Karsten writes - how he writes it is a pleasure to read - good luck to you Karsten.

04.07.2012A friend on a visit - Thomas Nielsen on Kegnæs

My good friend Thomas Nielsen - from Næstved Kayak Club, which is about to finish his trip, Tour of Denmark, has now reached on his 17th day - Kegnæs. Thomas has had a very eventful trip, where he has proved to himself and us that he is among the best kayakers in Denmark. It's always a pleasure to be around Thomas, not least because of the fact that I can learn so many things from him every time we meet.

30.06.2012June is over......

Trapper Barracuda at sea...

Paddling In a company with - new era in the kayak sport, has been the headline of my website for quite some time. Changes here in Denmark can be seen here and there, new contests apear here and there. Sea Kayak and Surfski has become a part of the program in many of these races. Not the least noticeable progress is for surfski, which now often have its own class - atleast with the race organizers who follow in time. On the 18th of August for we will have for the first time Danish Open in Ocean Racing.

By Alssund there are also new sings to be seen in Sønderborg Kayak Club, we have now established a working group, where sea kayaking is the main thing. An action have also been launched in order to eliminate some of older kayaks in the club's boat fleet. The older kayaks will be replaced by newer and more modern kayaks. At SKK's clubtur to Kolding, we got a glimpse of what can be done. What also helps in this positive development, is that SKK now has sponsored a new kayak, and it is the dear Trapper Barracuda - as sovereign (as usual) peaks the kilometer statistics of the club's kayaks. Another one who is at the top in mileage statistics, is my girlfriend Lene leading rookie statistics - and of course I keep the overall position. A new month is about to start - giving each time new opportunities - with the paddle in your hand you get the most out of it ! ! !

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27.06.2012Sick Half of the week...

Reparing the Polar Bear

Up until now in this week that are gone, I've been incredibly out of power and in fact half sick - without, however to be enough out of shape to take time off from work. As of noon today, it was as if it went the right way again and when I came down to the club after work. I was able to immediately pick up 12km in the Escape Kayak in a fairly OK speed. Then I continued repairing my polar bear - and then later in the evening my girlfriend arrived and we paddled 9km i a K2 kayak. I have in the past gotten a lot of different ideas about what to do in the month of July. There are various things that I want to test and try out, things that I know will be important for many of my other future plans. Soon, however we have a weekend - which will be one of the good ones........

24.06.2012I have passed 2500km. . . . . .

.... a new start

For every 100km I move me, it's like a new start to something I do not always know what is. Always it is important to notice when one move not only through the kilometer statistics, but in all measurable ways. Of course it is equally important to notice or measure whether one moves forward or backward. I am now working on repairing my polar bear, which I expect to have back on the water this week. I'm really looking forward to the paddle the bear again. I have paddled mostly in an Escape tour boat - quite nice and a really good carbon/kevlar tour boat, however the fact is that I am a sea kayak man. I like the Escape's speed, which in speed is close my Seabird Designs Sport 600 but it is about there it ends. The difference between what the various kayak clubs that educate beginners in tour boat, and clubs that educate beginners in Seakayak - have left of beginners 3 months after completion of the courses. Says everything about what can be said about the difference between these two types of kayaks. Where sea kayak with its versatility and comfort, leaves and appeals to so many times more new members - when the 3 months have passed, compared to what the Tur-boat, with its many limitations does. For myself, the Tur-boat will always be a part of my training and my kayak liffe - the need to feel and sense restrictions - promote the understanding of the possibilities and the freedom you have in your sea kayak.

16.06.2012Club tour to Kolding

We have just had a great club-tour to Kolding kajakklub, we arrived on friday - did som paddling saturday and sunday. Great weekend in a good company.

10.06.2012Copenhagen Seachallenge the race......

my borken rudder

It was a fantastic weekend, Saturday afternoon, we were, me and my son Sævar - by KANOBYG - they would leand me a Seabird 600 Sport kayak, so I could attend the Seachallenge race. After a few kilometers on Bagsværdsø, the kayak was set and we were only to sleep overnight and then there was a RACE day. We woke up fresh and were at Amager Beach Park in a good time. Some 50 kayakers showed up for starters, the vast majority of them Seakayakers - it was a nice feeling to be part of Næstved kayak club which had the most participants. Slightly over nine'o'clock, we were sent off. After only 3km I was lying in the top 7 who were steadily increased the gap with the rest of the field. After the Copenhagen harbor, we came to Sluseholmen I managed to barely paddle through one of the slussene. Then I closed the gap up to a quick tour boat, which I followed until we came to the big waves, that awaited us south of Amager, where the wind blew from the side and there were some quite high waves. Shortly after we reached the big waves, the tour boat gave up, I continued and was now in fourth place - unfortunately I paddled too close to land and hit some stone, which smashed the rudder on my boat. I made a repair that fairly made it possible for me to steer the boat with difficulty. I managed to paddle on to Dragør where there was a depot. There, I made a further repair, now there was only 7km to the finsihline - after a little eating in the depot, I took off - now I was however again down on the 6th place. Without trouble I rowed the last km's and arrived safely at the finishline as the first Seakayak. For me this was a great end of a tough and demanding day, my first first place for Næstved Canoe and Kayak Club was a reality. 12 kayaks were did not finish the race because of the high waves, among them Morten Salomonsen from Næstved who had a safe second place in the Seakayak competition, Peter Fobian from Næstved came in as No. 2 in seakayak class, but we could have gotten 1,2,3 if Morten had not gone out - there will be other races.For me, Copenhagen Seachallenge were a fantastic race, something that I will be recommending to others in the upcoming year. Now it was the first time the race was held, but it was impressive to see how much effort had been, put into making this a really nice event.

03.06.2012One week with time.....

43km around Amager

When I had placed 4 weeks off for vacation, because my record attempt, it was not obvious that I could start working immediately, when it was all over in just 2 weeks! ! ! But I am very lucky with my employer and I can start again tomorrow. This week has been just under 130km here on the home district Alssund, it have been nice. Now I look with some completely different glasses on the rest of the summer. Everywhere there are opportunities - with all these opportunities in the world of kayaking there is no time to get bored. Today I just signed up for The Copenhagen Seachallenge, a brand new kayak race, with a distance of 43km, going around Amager. It will be my first competition in 2012 and I am really looking forward....

30.05.2012Thinking thoughts

Now there's been two days since I had to leave the west coast and my dream to get Around of Denmark in record time. It's been hard to accept for the second time that something is broken when I myself am more than ready to continue. Unfortunate you can sometimes be - yet it is a little on the high side, I think when you keep on being unlucky. The whole thing is a little uncertain now what now ? ? ? Many ideas have been up, turning in my head along with some other ideas by talking with others. So many have expressed their symphaty and sent positive greetings to me and I am truly grateful for those - thank you all for your help. Something will turn up .....

28.05.2012 A short day with a DISASTER! ! !

The wind was blowing a bit when I crossed the Thyborøn Canal, a short cross with high waves and a lot of current - but it steadily went forward. When I had passed the north pier, I paddled toward "høvderne" which lies north of the canal. Each høvde built by approx. 45,000 tons of concrete blocks and granite. When I was about to pass one of these "høvde", I was thrown by a wave up against it - then came a big BOOM ! ! ! when I got a stone in the bottom of the polar bear, luckily I managed to paddle away from "høvden" and paddled towards the shore immediately. When I had paddled to shore, I found out that the hull was really badly broken - JOURNEY ENDED HERE ! ! !

27.05.2012 A LLOOONG day that ended well

After a good nigths sleep at Hvide Sande I set off early. Today, the plan was to row five 16 km legs with a lunch break after the third one. It worked really well and I rowed past Thorsminde at 11:30 a.m. After a good rest I turned the bow towards Thyborøn but then it started to blow from NNW, giving me few big waves to deal with. This ment the speed went down dramaticalli and in the end it was a BIG FIGTH to reach my goal for the day. At Thyborøn it was, and I had put good 83 km behind me.

26.05.2012 At Hvide Sande

My campsite for the night.

A good day that went as planned, apart from getting up little later than I intended. Reached Blåvands Hug in good tempo but slowed down after that. Arrived safely, though, at Hvide Sande, my destination for the day. 77 km passed today.

25.05.2012 Adventurous first day

Ready to go

Saying goodbye was difficult, but great weather and a good forecast gave me no options. I departed at 05.30 and all went very well at first. I kept to the Romo side going out through the channel and took a break reaching Fano after 27 km. Due to low tide I had to go further out now, but on the way out the lid of the back compartment went off and sea started to flood in. I turned around and and rowed franticly to shore again, feeling water also in the main compartment. My remote controlled pump didn't work as the control-box is located in the back. I finally reached shore and started to empty the boat. Everything in the back was soaking and 3 kgs of musli had turned to one lump of concrete. The only option now was to row to the north peak of Fano to stock up again. With the help of great people I got ready again within hours. Kelvin, from www.fanofun.com, lent me his bike to go home with Peter from Fano Kayakclub, who lent me a new pump. I still managed 67 km and I am ready for tomorrow.

24.05.2012 Setting off tomorrow

We landed in Denmark again at 2 pm yesterday and went straight to visit Kanobyg. Prosafe and Garmin had sent useful things there, plus stories of my record attempt. Kim and I had a good chat about my intentions with his colleges. When everything was ready, we greeted them and set of to Sønderborg arrived home late in the evening. Today has been for packing and making the final arrangements before heading to Højer Slusen, where from I will depart early tomorrow morning, at 4-5 am. The weather forecast is great, I feel great too and ready to go!

21.05.2012Starting Danmark Rundt NOW on friday ! ! !

It's been 11 months and I feel fit for fight - the weather forecast looks fine and I'm going to make a go now on Friday. My objectives are unchanged from the last time I want to make it around Denmark - in under 20 days. I come from Iceland to Denmark now on Wednesday, my kayak the Polar bear will then be prepared for the trip and it will be ready.

17.05.2012 Icelandic waters

... we have been to Whale Watching

It's always many things to take care of when you come "home" again. We have been here and there but we still remain in the captal city Reykjavik area. The weather has been absolutely fantastic, lots of sun, clear skies but with the wind blowing from the north, the temperature does not go above 6-8 degrees celcius this is not much, but staying free of the wind, it is possible to enjoy some heat. Tonight I've been ordering sleeping bag, some airmaddrass and a pillow - all of which are sponsored by the danish company FREMDRIFT - today we passed a kayak shop in Iceland, where I bought a waterproof case for my mobile phone and waterproof headphones - the time you are not in a need for a new gear will probably never come ..... Tomorrow I leave early, at. 06:15 I will meet with the Icelandic champion in kayaking Olafur B. Einarsson - who will leand me a gear enough so I can paddle a little bit during my stay here in Iceland.

14.05.2012Next stopICELAND

Iceland ONLY 4 times bigger than Denmark....

In the last few months we have been here and there, not so much at home but in many different places. Everything has had something to do with kayaking and it have been instructive and interesting - at the same time also demanding. Now we take off for the last time before I start my record attempt with the Tour of Denmark 2012 This time we travel to Iceland, my son Sævar must hold a confirmation party for his family in Iceland, now on Sunday. It will be nice to meet friends and acquaintances. But I must of course also train while I'm up there. To be able to do so I've made ​​an agreement with the Icelandic champion about borrowing the necessary stuff, I am looking forward to try the Icelandic waves. And not at least meet some Icelandic kayakers. I will of course update the site while I am in ISLAND .....

13.05.2012GARMINa newSPONSOR

Søren from GARMIN tells me about the new GPS 78s

When we were with PRO-SAFE yesterday was GARMIN represented at the event. It gave me a good chance to chat with people from GARMIN. I've only had good oplivelser with my GPS 72H - now, this type has been replaced by a GPS 78S, which is a more advanced type. Such a thought Søren from GARMIN, that I should have during the trip and I get the charts of the waters I get to rest in. It is rigitg exciting to use the latest equipment in the field by measuring how it progresses .

12.05.2012Event day at PRO-SAFE

We had a fantastic day in Korsør, here are some pictures taken by my girlfriend Lene.

09.05.2012Came up on 1900km today....

With a short trip of only 16km, I was up at the last one hundred before 2000km, light as it is now with my new paddle, it went fine with obtaining the last 16km. I've now got some ideas for improving my Polar Bear, which I now wish to put in place, it's not long before I leave for Danmark Rundt. And then it all of course must be ready for the big battle against the Danish waters - this time the battle must be won ! ! !

The Polar Bear and the new paddle

08.05.2012New Seabird Designs paddle from Kanobyg

I left really excited for the post office today, I had to get a brand new Seabird Designs paddle that Kanobyg had sent to me. This paddle has a blade size A5 which is not their largest blade, so it was also very interesting to find out how it worked. When I got handed the paddle, I was immediately going down to the club for a tryout. After small adjustments of the skewing and the length, this paddle is 2-partitioned so that everything can be adjusted, after that I had a decent grip in the water. I did not have to paddle so hard to come up on the pace I had in the boat yesterday, 12-13km per hour was not the big problem. I got paddled 12km today and the more and longer I went, I realized how good this paddle is

07.05.2012Tempotraining

Today I had interval / tempo workout on the program, with a upwarming of 8km, I was ready to run at top speed for a while. I started out with a 6km distance, where I kept me paddling well over 12km + with some periods where the speed was 13km + per hour. It's something that I enjoy very much when it goes fast like that, my kayak polar bear, however have gradually become a little heavy after the repairs and modifications that have been carried out on it. The steering system brakes, it also further when it cuts through the water surface. On the other hand the Polar Bear always glides good and we have it wonderful together.

Today I got some new stickers for the Polar Bear, a NEW SPONSORhave turned up, willing to support myTour of Denmarkrecord attempt this year.

I am very proud and delighted over the fact, that the danish company FREMDRIFT A / S will be a sponsor at my record attempt that start in a few weeks time. Now it's allways slightly different what a sponsorship may consist of, FREMDRIFT A / S would like to sponsor something which ensured a good momentum during the trip. One of the things I was a bit unlucky with last year was my choice of sleeping equipment, as it teased me a lot and gave some nights with not much sleep and rest. Now I will take a brand new sleeping bag and a new mattress with me this time, that should ensure a good rest after the day's efforts. In selecting the right equipment I got a lot of help from some experienced club mates from Næstved Kayak Club in choosing the rigth stuff.

04.05.2012A great trip in a good company

Lene and her Svan....

With a "slightly" different weather than what had been promised, it was necessary to change the day's plans. So we went down from 25km to 16km - by end of the tour, we were nevertheless both extremely happy. Lene's borders were pushed in the right direction, on a trip in a brand new waters, for her there is always room for brand new kayak experiences. Today We had to cross Mommark harbour, not the biggest of harbours, but still the first for Lene. With speedboats coming in towards the harbor and some otherones coming out of the harbor at "full speed" it was a bit of a challenge for both of us. Getting well and safely through - we did the obvious and Lene used the techniques she learned on the Triangle Kayak School and despite the unexpected speed of speedboats coming from Mommark port Lene was not to shake. It was a fine day when the purpose for me was - just like last weekend - to enjoy it as a form for a basis for the future.

03.05.2012Super fine weather

It has been really nice weather in Sønderborg in the past few days, yesterday we were on a little trip together, I and my girlfriend Lene. Today I picked up 15km in very good pace in my Polar Bear. Now we have a "long" weekend, since tomorrow is a "day off" in Denmark. But the weekend involves my son's confirmation on Sunday. Tomorrow I'm on a 25km long tour with Lene and on Saturday, it will be blowing quite heavily and I hope I can make use of that wind.

28.04.2012This years first "Longdistance" trip

We set off at just over 17.00 yesterday on Friday, when my son Sævar came down to the club, I was almost finished with packing the Polar Bear and the Barracuda kayak. After a short planning meeting, we were ready to go - through the harbour, we came out on our first crossing - Vemmingbund with the finest waves and a nice headwind. As Sønderborg Kayak Club says - we have the best paddling water - for us sea kayakers this fits perfectly. Only 2km south and you have the glorious waves, therefore it is not difficult to understand why people come from every where to do some sea kayaking, in and around Sønderborg Kayak Club.Our crossing were quite amazing, we were in Skelde before long and the journey continued towards Flensburg Fjord, the first night should be in Brunsnæs and we were there at 20:30 .... our first 20km of the trip were home. Now we set up a tent and cooked - freeze dried Paella which was the evening's main course, it tasted fine, with added powdered mashed potatoes. At 22.00 we were in bed, tired but happy with the day's outcome.After a cold and a little sleepless night, we paddled away from Brunsnæs at. 08.30 am - Langballigau in Germany was the next stop - after the first 10km we were there. We ate a bread roll with smoked salmon, coffee and cola, despite some rain we headed towards Sønderborg again. The weather forecast had yesterday said 1-3 m / sec - now it suddenly were blown up to 12 m / sec - so we had to hurry! ! ! We made the longest crossing of this trip of 4km without much wind, but then the wind blew up sharply. With an extra stop in Skelde camping, we were ready to cross over Vemmingbund, for safety reasons, we chose the shortest route. For us it was "nothing" despite some wind and high waves, we had a good pace throughout this last crossing. When we were at Dybbøl coast we only had 5km to Sonderborg Kayak Club, these ones we quickly finished, plus the little extra that we lacked to reach the necessary 50km to be able to call the trip a longdistance, so it could be included in the long-distance kilometer statistics.The trip gave me and my son some lovely moments on land and at sea, the desire for more trips togeather came home intact. Once again the kayak sport has opened new doors for myself.The dear Trapper Barracuda kayak had also a good trip, Sævar my son paddled it up on its first 1000km this year - it is pure pleasure to watch how this amazing this sea kayak completely dominates, the mileage statistics for Sønderborg Kayak Club's, club kayaks.

Pictures from the trip

25.04.2012My son Sævar became the WINNER of the handicap race to night ! ! !

me and Sævar in Vemmingbund, close to Sønderborg

It was a really good fighter night, we started by polishing a bit, my sonSævar's paddling technique before to night's "handicap race" and prepared some tactics . Tonight's main point was to put "the paddle vertically in the water" we had also mounted my GPS on Sævars kayak so he could better keep track of his speed. Those two things gave him a super nice time of 35.4 minutes, which means an average speed of over 10km per hour! ! ! - and an improvement of his best time by over two minutes. His Dad was certainly over proud of his son's performance.My goal for the night was to try to preserve "the evening's best time," but the result was that I came in 2 seconds after No. 1 .... yes several things to work on - I didn't feel as the Escape the kayak delivered what I had expected. But it should not be the kayak's fault, I simply must paddle more sprints and do some interval training in order to get more speed - regardless of boat type. The polar bear is now under repair, but should be ready tomorrow - on Friday, we take a short men's kayak trip me and Sævar - I am very much looking forward to it.

22.04.2012Kolding - Fredericia - Lene finished withEPP1 og EPP2

The weather was fantastic today, started with no wind and then there was little wind afterwards. Today's main thing was to feel the marks og yesterday I was extremely pleased with how little I was burdened by yesterday´s efforts. My girlfriend Lene should have finished her course at. 15.00 - two hours before yesterday – so therfore it was "only" to 43km today, but there was not the slightest doubt that there was plenty of energy left for more km.The course was completed at. 15.00 everybody did pass, and it was a happy little Lene that I drove towards Sønderborg in this afternoon - now she will begin to teach me the things she has learned and I am really looking forward to it.One of the weekend's purpose was to test the new contact lenses from Thiele, as I had expected, they were a pure pleasure to paddle with.

21.04.2012Kolding - Lillebælt

Fantastic day in the Little Belt, a part headwind, lots of side waves and not least a lot of good kilometers, where the side waves were tackled without the slightest problem ! ! ! It's enough of a lot of good things that have moved on, from last year. First of all I sit so very ... very ... much better in the boat, it makes a whole world of difference. Today I paddled a twice 25km+ and I held one pause even so l finished at just under 7 hours with a break ! ! ! With an early start on a day, it will be considered as an APPROVED, day under the Tour of Denmark ..... While I paddled my km's my girlfriend Lene, started her day number two on her EPP1 and EPP2 course in sea kayaking. Yesterday evening they started her course in the swimming pool as the water is only 6 degrees yet. In the swimming pool it went OK and today was a positive continuation - not least because of the professional and very competent guidence from the Trekantens kayaking school. Lene is really looking forward for tomorrow, when the course ends.

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19.04.2012Test person

I have now been chosen to be a tester of new contact lenses. These contact lenses from CIBA VISION is a revolution in the world of contact lens and these contact lenses are one of the most breathable contact lenses on the market, they work in a unique way with the tear ducts in your eyes. Now I have tried to have these contact lenses in my eyes and it feels absolutely fantastic, it really is to not feel, at all that you have contact lenses in your eyes. This weekend I will be paddling for a long time and will therefor be able to test the contact lenses real conditions, I'm already convinced though, that they will pass the test with flying colors .... It is THIELE Sønderborg who supplied me with these fantastic contact lenses.

18.04.2012it didn't go well this time.....

... my time 31 min and 28 sek

Then there was finally a handicap race - the start got messed up so I got really bad off. I was supposed to start 30 seconds after the next one in front of me, but then I was told that I should start one and a half minute later. It would not swallow that so I rowed to the bridge again and decided not to participate - but then we found out the error - and I was sent off, so could the error be adjusted when the race had been run. This is just one of the things that can go wrong and there must be room for error. I finished with the evening's best time - though only by1 second - it will be more fun next time. I had tested paddling with 3 kg at the front of the boat - I think it helped, that did my GPS not, it went black after 300m - a bit of a disaster night.

17.04.2012.... then I'm up on 1600km

With a short tour of only 20km - and I was up to 1600km, always a nice feeling to pass a one hundred figure. Fortunately, it's only Tuesday so we have some days to do with for the rest of the week - not at least a whole weekend in Kolding who only stands on exercise and socialize. Today I spent some time training turns - tomorrow I will participate in "handicap race" and I'm really looking forward.

16.04.2012A long week is started

This coming weekend we go to Kolding where my girlfriend Lene, is attending a kayaking course. As we are really busy when Sønderborg Kayak Club holds its turbåds courses Trekantens kayak school saves us. On a weekend, Lene will achieve EPP1 and EPP2 test for seakayaking - it will be hard but also really exciting. Mean while I will use the Kolding Fjord and the surrounding waters for training, I am really looking forward to paddle in new waters, and expects many great kilometers. Today I got paddled a 42km marathon distance, with various paddling styles - the main purpose was not to get tired - it went very well. I found a really nice interface with an "eternity" pace - that pace can be kept for an "eternity" something which is necessary to become thoroughly familiar with before the Tour of Denmark this year.

15.04.2012Vemmingbund in a good company

The weather today was taotally good - the sun never far away and the spirits were high. Especially when I rowed with my son Sævar and we were heading towards my girlfriend Lene, who would drive with her kayak to Vemmingbund, 8km away from Sønderborg Kajakklub, and meet us there. It went well, to put her kayak the Swan in the water and soon we all three were ready for a little paddling together. Sævar was allowed to learn the fast Polar bear to know - it's a fresh one - was his first comment. Before long, he had nevertheless got a hold on the speed-loving Polar bear, which had few laps of "full throttle" One of today's goal was that Lene should make ​​a small crossing - you gotta start some place - Vemmingbund is one of the most perfect places for such a start. With the wind blowing from the north, we started in the south and rowed into the wind. With a safe pace and positive thoughts all the way, we reached the goal and had a great start on an important part of kayak life. Another great day on the water. . . .

12.04.2012Then I'm up on thefirst1500km in this year

Withalittletrip of20kmto the neighboringtownAugustenborg, Igatheredthe lastkilometersI neededtocomeup on the first1500km in this year.A nicefeelingalways -when yousimultaneouslyfeelthe shapebecome betterand better.A trip likethis of todayis takenat a steady paceall the way -in whichI trytothinkpositive thougtsonthe way, that moves me in my efforts.The speed like todayis well over10kmper hourall the way.It also makesa positiveimpression on the kayaklife in whole -when you cando with athinsweaterduring the trip.....

08.04.2012Yet another great day....

After a long winter, with lots of thoughts about the upcoming 2012 season, we were for the first time - for many in this year - out on the water together, me and my girlfriend Lene. Her kayak the Swan has waited safely in a storage all winter long, now it was on the water again. Lene drove to Sottrupskov and I paddled up there, where we put her kayak on the water, then we paddled around Snogbæk and further three kilometers, towards Ballebro. For Lene the trip were 10km - the weather was perfect and everything went as planned, clean fun for both of us - a dream start of the season for Lene.

Pictures from my girlfriend's first tour this year.....

07.04.2012To good days....

My son Sævar in a Coast Runner

Yesterday I was out the paddling with my son Sævar, it went super well, we paddled 14km in a nice pace, where we talked about ideas and of future kayak opportunities. Today we had a nice blast from the north, right through Alssund - 11 + m/s directly in the face of paddling up Alssund and the same wind in my back on the way back. A headwind of this caliber can be compared with, if the Danish cyclist for a day had a 6km high mountain, with 10% uphill climb all the way to the top ! ! ! What a celebration and a pleasure it is to be able to use force in a headwind of this caliber. After 20km, I took a little break - my girlfriend came with food for me along with her wonderful company. The remaining 12km was a pure pleasure to complete. Efforts of this degree, can with good conscience be regarded as being Gold-plated Prepairments for the Tour of Denmark in two months. . . ! ! ! !

There was good weather for the first "handicap race", in Sønderborg Kayak Club. But despite the good weather and long winter, waiting to get started in our weekly race, we were only five who participated in the first race. All experienced "handicap race" paddlers, I chose of course the mighty Polar Bear to compete in. Before the start I had sniffed a little to the 6 km short track's current conditions. The goal was to keep an average speed of a11 km/h - I got a good start with a speed of well over 12 km/h - which of course was only a plus, and when I returned at 3 km buoy I had 12.5 kmh average speed ! ! ! On the way back I said goodbye to my competitors one after one as I past them. To start the handicap season with 1000 points is the same manner as I have started in the past 3 years. I look forward to the next race but I hope that I can keep me from winning again this year - as I have won the last 3 years in a row, but the victory happy polar bear is also to blame.

02.04.2012A weekend in Næstved

It was a glorious Standerhejsingsfest (Season Opening Party), me and my sweetheart Lene attended in Næstved Canoe and Kayak Club this weekend. We were able to "put faces" on many of the names we've heard about, read about on the club website, or on the club's KLUBOOKING system. First and foremost, was it fun to be there and be allowed to attend during the day and especially in the night, where we over 30 people that ate and danced toward's a new day and a new season.Pictures from the weekend are in the folder "NYE / Billeder"

30.03.2012Sæson start in Næstved.......

Now this weekend me and my girlfriend Lene, will for the third time this month go to Sealand - we are participating in Seson start party, at Næstved canoe and kayak club. Since I'm competing for Næstved canoe and kayak club in the year of 2012, we are are looking forward to meet al of the club members. Some of them we already know and therefore are we looking forward to meet several of them. The club is having a tremendous success - and is positively minded for miscellaneous kayak activities. And there are no limits, when the kayak sport's diversity, is knocking on the door. It is always a privilege to be a part of a success story and I really hope that I can with my membership in Naestved canoe and kayak club, ad some weight to the positive side of the weight scales in the club's development. For me it is also a huge advantage to have access, to the experience and the technical sea kayaking knowledge, that exists in the club in the form of very competent sea kayak instructors, that they have in the club.

27.03.2012The new Polar Bear

Now I've been on my second trip in the "new" polar bear, what a speed that is in the boat now .......

What my sponsor KANOBYG have made ​​is that, a brand new Smart Rack Pedal have been installed, along with a pair of new wires which now reaches all the way to the steering blade, the connections which teased me so much last year are gone! ! ! There is a new hatch just behind the cockpit, it will make it much easier to access things that I store down in the boat, behind the cockpit. The seat is permanently mounted, the screws that hold the seat have also been replaced by new and better screws. The seat is now much more effective and more comfortable to sit in, and that helps me to get more speed in the boat. There have been put a foam layer into the deck in the cockpit, where my legs are. The foam layer act as a thigh supports, that way I get better "grab the boat" in demanding situations, such as landing and in waves. In four different places have there been placed fiber glass mats on the bottom of the boat, simply to reinforce the bottom and the boat as a whole. There are two mats in the cockpit and two behind the cockpit, it's probably these mats that have completely changed the boat. These mats have made the hull much more rigid, it feel like a totally different boat when on the water - today I tried a little speed and I came up to 14.7 km / h in still water. It has been suggested that I put weight of 2-3 kg at the front of the kayaks nose, I look very much forward to test and experiment with the effect ....

Kim the owner ofKANOBYGworking on thePolar Bear

25.03.2012The Polar Bear is home again.....

The Polar Bear is home again....... KANOBYG finished the work yeasterday, and I was on my first trip today. The boat is totally different to paddle - much more faster and much more ridgid - feels fantastisk. To morrow I will go into details about what have been done.....

24.03.2012

Ocean Racing

Now this weekend I have been involved in Works shop days, at the Danish Canoe and Kayak Association, where I delivered a little lecture - in connection with a workshop on "Ocean Racing". Now I'm not the most experienced lecturers hold, but I liked the challenge. It was "full house" all the seats in the room were occupied. From Sweden, Leif Davidson arrived with one of his Surfskis, Leif runs www.aterra.se in Sweden - where he sells Surfski, Kayaks and all that it takes to take on the rest of the paddle sport. Not least, ATERRA has a wide range of courses. Leif told us what a Surfski is - how to use it and what are the benefits of paddling a Surfski - it was really enlightening. My self talked about how I got into the sport 4 years ago, about my up until now experienses, with my Tour of Denmark record attempt in 2011, my thoughts about current and future races. The atmosphere was good and different views were aired, how do we get Surf skis more visible in races, since many Ocean races are closed for Surfskies here in Denmark. DKF will for the first time this year make a DM in Surfski where the surf skis will compete in a class of their own it's certainly a start .....

18.03.2012I have reached 1200km....

CITUS Turbåd

Then I came upon 1200km - I'm working on the "necessary" 2500km before my take off to "Around Denmark 2012" With a favorable weather and the time it takes at hand, I'm able to paddle and at the same time getting in shape. In the beginning of this month I have among other things changed my diet and dropped a few pounds of body weight. By using the faster peace of lighter kayaks I speed up the pace of paddling. Today I paddled for the first time in Citus 51, a tour boat with a K1 race seat like Vajda Civet Cat. It was a completely different experience the Citus kayak gave me - nice speed and good feeling all the way - a really fun boat to paddle in. It is going fast forward hos KANOBYG, with changes they are making on the Polar Bear - perhaps I will have it already next weekend! ! !

17.03.2012A big disappointment......

VAJDA in focus....

Sønderborg Kayak Club has purchased, a Vajda Civet Cat "race" tour boat. With the great respect for the Vajda tradmark has in kayak sport, I was excited to try out "the beast". But what a disappointment this trip was, I will not expect to much of only a 12km long trip. But all the way it felt, however, as the boat was heavy, dull and unexciting - a big disappointment I really hope that some of our other members are not experiencing the same thing as I have, and this kayak will be used alot as it almost certainly deserves.

For me it feels like the speed of this Vajda is on par with the peace of Trapper Barracuda 26kg heavy sea kayak on a good day ......

08.03.2012The Polar Bear visiting KANOBYG

From early January this year....

In the upcoming weekend we will be visiting Kanobyg one of my biggest sponsors here in Denmark. After last year's attempt to get around Denmark, there are some things to look in to or things that need to be changed. It is through experience and use of a kayak that you learn it, and your needs in it to know. Although it now is yet awhile until I take off again to make another attempt to beat the record for rowing around Denmark - there doesn't pass one day without me thinking Around Denmark-related thoughts ! ! ! Therefore, it is great to get Polar Bear fit as early as possible. It makes the time remaining before I leave, so much more effective.This time it MUST be successful for me and the Polar bear to get around Denmark in a record time. . . . .

05.03.2012General Meeting in Sønderborg kayak club

In Sønderborg Kayak Club, we held a general meeting on 29th February, two new members joined the board, congratulations on election to both of you. Three proposals had come to a vote two of which were voted for. First there were voted on a change in the long-distance RULES - now we need an overnight stay to accomplish a complete long-distance trip. Something that I personally think go well in hand with the concept of long-distance. Then came a proposal for the club to go active into the sea kayaking development in the club. There perished some debate about the proposal and different views were put forward. Finally it was a great joy for me and many others, when a large majority voted for the proposal. Now it's up to us sea kayaking interested, to seize this opportunity - the possibilities when you talk SEA KAYAK is almost endless, especially here in our local waters and in South Jutland. Before long the group will clarify where we want to head, and then there will be taken the first step into a new future. My webesite also got some publicity - with the number of visitors to the website each day, it was for me not a big surprise. Now there's almost been a year since I started with the website, and with a great help from different directions - it is easy to say that the website have been a success, so all that praise the website has been getting therefore belongs not just me alone.

29.02.2012February is over

Finally February is over, we've had ICE - it was annoying - fortunately it did not last that long. The ICE period was spent on the kayak-ergometer, where I did paddle 85km. The goal for February was to go up to 1000km which unfortunately, did not get realized...... on the water, I came up on 980km and with 85km on the kayak-ergometer - so I can be satisfied.The picture below show km statistics for Sønderborg Kayak Club on the 29th of February .........

26.02.2012Sun and Superfine weather

The weather lived up to what had been promised during the week, it was really nice to get some time in the Polar Bear. You can feel it in your body and soul, when it has been so windy for so many days in a row, as it has been here lately. So it is even more wonderful to have a day like today - in the upcoming week the weather conditions is supposed to, remain more or less as today ! ! ! In Næstved kayak club there have also been many people out on the water today, it is possible to follow through the club's online booking system. Very smart and "in line with the present" - to be able to log in and out via smartphone, no matter wherever you are in the world - or in Denmark. Club Booking system updates, of course, mileage, for each paddler, and of course the club as a whole - easy and simple! ! !

23.02.2012A Good day for the Trapper - and me

After many kilometers protected from the west wind, at last it was time to try something else. By paddling through the harbor and toward Vemmingbund, it is possible to have the West wind in the face. As it blew today, I had the pleasure of fighting my way through 12-15m/sek. Since Vemmingbund does not offer deep water, you do not have the biggest waves, in turn, the wind is clean and strife. These conditions provide the opportunity to train with a high load. Today I paddled in Trapper Barracuda, I am looking forward paddling in a similar conditions in the Polar bear to feel the difference. It is not the first time, but once again shows the Trapper Barracuda its popularity by topping the kilometers statistics for all of the kayaks we have in our club. Well deserved, it was also the barracuda who was the first to get up to 500 kilometers in 2012.

19.02.2012Finally the Polar Bear landed on the water

Because of the ice my polar bear has lain to rest, I would spare it because of the ice flakes as we've had in Alssund lately. Now there's not much left of the ice, so we had to try - of course, we paddled into some ice today, it gave little cracks in the hull! ! ! But how nice it was to be out on the water again, when we had a good opportunity to do side-waves workout today, so it became the main theme in today's 25km. Before us is a period of some westerly winds, according to DMI (Danish weatherforcast), there is fortunately no frost and cold in sight, I wonder if we have gotten rid of the ice for this winter.I've now passed the 800km mark so I'm on schedule still....

15.02.2012Sponsorships in place for my record attemptDANMARK RUNDT 2012! ! !

Already last year had GULLFISKUR volunteered to be a sponsor for my attempt this year, with the unique Icelandic energy source from dried fish, containing 80% PROTEIN! ! !KANOBYG has also announced that they are ready with equipment from Seabird Designs, and access to their many years of experience in repairs and changes of kayaks and canoes. KANOBYG will also provide paddles (that will last) from Seabied Designs, KANOBYG will also make the neccesary improvements, of my kayak for the trip this year. All paddling clothes and equipment, will be sponsored by PRO-SAFE the distibutor in Denmark, of first class YAK paddling clothes and other gear from the YAK. With these important things already fallen into place, is for me more than is fantastic. Before the attempt this year, I want as many things possible to fall into place as soon as possible, having sponsorship from GULLFISKUR, KANOBYG and PRO-SAFE already in place is for me more than super nice! ! !

14.02.2012A HOLE in the ICE . . . .

Then there was finally a hole in the ice, got some problems with the first starting place. After talking with the higher powers (in Danish and Icelandic), and a little thinking - I found another place to put in and with a well accomplished "drop lunch" - I soon was on the water paddling. The day gave me 12km - great to be doing "real" km again ! ! !

13.02.2012Alssund is stillfrozen!! !! !!

12.02.2012Ergometer week

Now we are in close to, a period of some warmth and almost no frost, this means that Alssund, soon to be paddling-clear. The idea was to use the weekend to find ice-free water - but not allt goes according to plan, so this one was not materialized. This week has been an ERGOMETER week, feel really lucky to have this opportunity when we are beset by ice. It will be very great though, to get out on the water tomorrow, despite that there is only gone one week from the last time I was paddling, it feels like a LONG time, and I can feel how much I already miss being out on the water. The week has otherwise been very special, very many important things have fallen into place, regarding my "paddling-future" - I will tell further what this means, and is all about on Wednesday - when the last pieces of this puzzle should be in place.

Pictures from the ERGOMETER

07.02.2012We have been hit by ICE.....

Alssund is now covered with ICE, it puts an end to all paddling, from the club. I will be hunting areas free of ICE at the weekend ..... This is not to live with. Happily, the club kayak ergometer is ready and waiting to be used, despite that it is "only" kayak-ergometer km, then of course I strive to reach my limits of 75-100km + per week. In fact kayak ergometer paddling, gives the opportunity. For paddling with higher heart rate, than would be possible to paddle with out in the cold.

31.01.2012January is over and I have reached700km! ! !

29.01.2012Fine weekend in the Polar Bear

_Finally Imade​​a 3hour test,satinpolar bearforthree hoursyesterday -Saturday.The weatherwas quitefine withalittlewind from theeast, whichmeans thereis no wind, at theAls-channel'sshorelineon the eastside.Three hoursis notmuch, the meaningis of course to increase the timein the upcomming months.To keep the possibillity forgreatercrossing alive,in my upcomingDenmarkaround, record attempt, I must be able to sit in the kayak for atleast 6-8hours, withoutgetting outof the boat.Recently, Ibought aseat coverthat works reallywell-furtherimprovements are needed and I must find out of somethingin the upcomingmonths.TodayI took thecamera with meso I gotsomegreat imagesfromthe day'spaddling, inthe fine weatherwhich wehadon Als-channel today,see pictures below.

17.01.2012Return of The Polar Bear

_Finally the day ofreturnfor the legendary Polar bear,now it'sback tohis oldhometown, after a visit to our new playground The Næstved Kayak Club.Thepolar bearhas alreadyin many positive waysadded toSønderborgKayakClub's history and records.Now alittle workis neededto make thePolar bear, more fit forthe upcomingprojects that lay ahead of us in the comming months.Wemustbothbe intop shapein the end of May, when we start theTour of Denmarkin 2012.It was myclubmatefrom NæstvedKayakClub,MortenSalomonsenwho transportet the Polar bear acrossthe Great Belt. Ithendroveto Middelfart to meet withMorten andhiscolleague Christian, to gethold of"daddy'sbaby" - likeMortencalled The Polar Bear.Thank you so much Morten andChristian,fortaking the time tothis.

Pictures from"cold dive"

12.01.2011Starting up again.....

_Fortunatly I'm feeling well again, it feelsgreat tofeelthe moodshiftin the rightdirectionand seekilometers add upon myaccount.However, I havechosen to slowly increase my training tempo,things must be donecorrectly -itrequires patience though.SoonI willget started withstrength training,which Iprobablyshould havestarted allready !!!InFebruaryI shouldbe on schedule withmy plans.I'm startingto writedownthings that I need fortheTour of Denmark2012,I have a lot fromlastyear, but someof those thingsI do not take with methis year- theyare thenreplaced by otherthings.The goalis to haveall theimportant thingsreadyin the beginning ofMaimonth -lastyearwas abattleup until thelast hour- noneed to repeattherace.This weekendwe have been promiseda comfortablewinter weather,withnot toomuchwind, so it's gonna besomecheapkilometers.'m goingto paddle in Escapeor a similarkayak,mixed bypaddling the dearTrapperBarraquda.

08.01.2012The first week of the year got ruined....

My girlfriend Lene, has a birthday today,
congrats my dear....

_After Igot sick,at the endof the year2011,I have hadincredibledifficulty gettinghealtyagain, getting betterhasgonein my opinionfar too slow.Despitethat Ihavebeen at workthe whole week.On the other hand hasthis"littlebreak"given my/usspace tothink carefullyaboutmany "kayak"related topicsfor the newyear 2012.The largest thing being toselect aweek formyTour of Denmark2012record attempt-I'll try tomake a start inweek 21, the last weekofMai.Witha week of departurenow in place,all the needed preparing isput in atime frame.Somethingthat makesallmy trainingfrom now onmorefocused.My plans forthe Tour of Denmark2012 isalotdifferent thanlastyear.Theexperience gainedfrom lastyearis of courseusedas the basisfor this year'srecord attempt.None of myweak pointsfrom the year2011, is there room forthis year -as soon as possible I will fetch the powerfulpolar bear, which is stillin NaestvedKayakClub,fromour visitto Næstvedthisautumn.Aheadliesnearly5 months, where I will concentrate oneverything that Ithink isimportant.First and last,willmy trainingconsistof variouscrossings of different lengths.Aroundthe island ofAls, where I liveareabundantopportunitiestomake differentcrossings.Itisalsoprimarilyon this side ofJutlandwherethe greatest opportunitiesto obtainkm,by makingreasonablecrossing are possible.New andexcitingopportunities within thekayaksport, here in Denmarkwill alsoplaya roleinmy preparationthis year.Now though it is all aboutgetting startedagain.After today I amupto400km, from the 1st of November,soonshall Ipass500kmandthen it goesfurtheron in a respectable tempo.

02.01.2012HAPPY NEW YEAR

_So we finally came into the year 2012, goodbye to the year 2011 is in place, new times ahead. With a great gratitude, I thank all those who have supported my plans in the year 2011 - THANK YOU. All the help I got was so much more than I had expected or imagined. Many of the sponsors that have backed my plans, by providing equipment, nutrition and service, already
in 2011, promised also to provide support in year
2012 - additionally several new sponsors have also signed up for 2012 ! ! !Through my website I will regularly as before, make my sponsors visible - the website each day have around 100 visitors, from various places in the world. It has been amazing fun - but also challenging to work with the website. Luckily
I also have had help with the development of the site, my friend from
Iceland Elvar, has made the pictures displayed at the top, plus giving me
good advices. My
cousin Jon Pall, translated into Icelandic in my Around Denmark record attempt, the text which my girlfriend Lene had written in, after we had talked each daythrough via cell phone. The
website is a joint project, which puts an extra
positive dimension into my otherwise demanding kajaklife.The highlights of the year 2011, was undoubtedly the Tour of Denmark record attempt, which this time however, did not go as planned. Good results at various competitions also fills a great part. The new kilometer record of 5563km, in Sønderborg Kayak Club, was also something that I spent so much time on. It
was also really great when, my girlfriend Lene which undoubtedly has been my greatest support throughout the whole year, bought her self a really nice
seakayak - we look forward to spend some time togeather at sea.Despite great progress and good results in only my third year in the kayak sport, there have also been some less fun times. My
approach to the kayak sport has always been that it may be - at all levels -
FOR EVERONE a source of joy, for those who want to participate. Fortunately today one can participate in the kayak sport in many ways, however this requires that the kayak clubs follow the development of the sport. Danish
canoe and kayak federation therefore at anytime is ready to send councils out to
the clubs, that especially can help to spot the development
opportunities available, or needed in each club. To
achieve a healty improvement, or results in kayak sport - requires
development, for me it is therefore necessary to stay in touch of the ongoing
developments. Unfortunately,
the Board of Sønderborg kayak club, in the year 2011, had to use a
portion of their precious time on individual members' frustrations over my achivements - or presence in Sønderborg kayak club. When
the club must spend so much energy on some individual's attempts to curb
or destroy my progress, it will in any case, undeserved have influence on other
club members. And at the same time block the whole club's development. Therefore I have also chosen to join theNæstved
Kayak Club - A Kayak club in a great fresh progress - where the kayak sport's
present and future, together with the members progress and development is
set as an important part of the club's well-being. I look at Næstved Kajak Club for me as a big step in the right direction, towards new times and new targets in the new year 2012.

27.12.2011I Saw a SEAL.....

_Withthe weather at its best,I was morethanexcited, toget out onthe sea topaddletoday.When I cameintothe club,picked upthe club'smostpopularboat from the club's boat house - my pick was the TrapperBarraquda,which dominated the club'sboat-kilometerstatistics,nearlyall of lastseason- and isalreadybackontop.Highlight of the tourwas